Marjatta korie neiti
In the SKVR edition: Vuokkiniemi. Rautell n. 918. - 1892. Okahvie Mäkeläińi; oppinut Saarijärvessä.
SKVR textEnglish
1Marjatta korie neitiMarjatta, the fair maiden
2Ei juo jokivesie,Does not drink river water,
3Ei syö kutukaloja.Does not eat spawning fish.
4Marjatta korie neitiMarjatta, the fair maiden
5Ei issu sen hevon rejessä,Does not sit in that horse's sled,
6Kut' on ori ohjellut,When the stallion has steered,
7Liinaharja liikuttat.The flaxen-maned one has driven.
8Marjatta korie neitiMarjatta, the fair maiden
9Ei syö sen lehmän maituo,Does not drink that cow's milk,
10Kut' on härkä haissellut.When the ox has sniffed it.
11Yrjö on hyvä isäntäYrjö is a good master,
12Ampu tähet taivoselta,Shoots stars from the sky,
13Pilkat pilvien lomista.Marks [targets] from cloud gaps.
14Pysty piäss' on pystyni kypäri,Upright on head is the raised helmet,
15Puhki pilvistä puhuu,Speaks through the clouds,
16Läpi mežän läimättää.Thunders through the forest.
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.
Source
Text: SKVR (Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot), the digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-000811 · Read at SKS ↗
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