Lemminkäinen luottehinen

SKVR I1 51·Vuokkiniemi·1833·Collector: Lönnrot, Elias

In the SKVR edition: Kivijärvi. Lönnrot A II 3, n. 49. - 1833.

SKVR textEnglish

1Lemminkäinen luottehinen,Lemminkäinen, the resolute,

2Laulaja ijän ikunen,The singer, age-old,

3Lauluissansa lahoovi,Decays in his songs,

4Luotteissansa märkänöövi;Melts in his resolve;

5Virren ponto polvuhinen,The hymn's stump knee-high,

6Et sä sillon suuri ollut.You were not great then.

7Vaka vanha VäinämöinenSteadfast old Väinämöinen

8Kulki kuusissa hakonaWalked in spruces as a cutter,

9Pimeästä Pohjolasta,From dark Pohjola,

10Sampon saahaksesi,To get the Sampo,

11Hyvän turvan tuovaksesi.To bring good protection.

12Sano vanha Väinämöinen:Said old Väinämöinen:

13"Sitte laulanta kävisi,"Then singing would flow,

14Ilon tientä kelpoaisi,The path of joy would suffice,

15Kun omat ovet näkysi,When one's own doors were seen,

16Omat ukset ulvoaisi."One's own gates would howl."

17Vaka vanha Väinämöinen,Steadfast old Väinämöinen,

18Ilman tietäjä ikuinenEternal sky-knower,

19Istu illat ikkunoissa,Sat evenings in windows,

20Valvatti vajojen päissä.Kept watch at shed-ends.

English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.

The text is that of the SKVR digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), with these changes:

The editors’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.
The edition’s line numbers are replaced by a number on every verse, counted as in the poem reader.
The editors’ notes, and the marks in the verses that point to them, are left out; they can be read at SKS.

Source

Text: SKVR (Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot), the digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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