Telkin teitä, malkin maita
In the SKVR edition: Vuokkin. Lönnrot A II 6, n. 38. 34.
SKVR textEnglish
1Telkin teitä, malkin maita,I barred the roads, I marked the lands,
2Astuin kullaista kujoa,I trod the golden path,
3Hopiaista tietä myötenAlong the silver road,
4Sikojen silittämeä,A place to groom swine,
5Porsahien polkemoa,A path trod by piglets,
6Lampain latsottamoa.A track pressed by lambs.
7Tuli oja vastahani,A ditch rose before me,
8Ojasell' on mättähäinen,On its bank stood a mound,
9Mättähäisellä kotanen;On the mound, a small hut;
10Kolkkasin koan ovea,I knocked on the hut's door,
11Rämäytin räystäs puuta;I cracked the eaves' wood;
12Impi itkien pihalla.A maiden wept in the yard.
13"Mitä itet, impi raukka?""Why weep, poor maiden?"
14"Viety on Vienaan veikkoseni"My brother's been taken to Viena,
15Ison polven korkeuissa,At the height of manhood,
16Emon värttinän pituissaThe length of mother's spindle,
17Sotilaisen pääsotihin,To the soldier's great wars,
18Pispan pitkiin hihoin,To the bishop's long sleeves,
19Herran herkkuvaattehisin."To the lord's fine garments."
20"Elä ite, impi raukka,"Weep not, poor maiden,
21Jo tulee veikkosesi:Your brother now comes:
22Alta linnan airot läikky,Beneath the castle, messengers surge,
23Päältä lin̄an pää näkyy."Above the town, his head appears."
24"Mitä miulla veikko tuopi?""What will my brother bring me?"
25"Tuopi rinnan ristilöitä.""He brings chest-crosses."
26"Mitäpä minä veikolleni?"What shall I give my brother?
27Ei minusta mitänä liene,I have nothing worthy,
28Mitäpä miulla veikko?"What could I offer him?"
29"Tuopi korvan koltuskoita.""He brings earrings."
30"Mitäpä minä etc."What shall I... [etc.]"
31Mitä miulla veikkoseni?""What for me, my brother?"
32"Tuopi sormen sormuksia.""He brings finger rings."
33"Mitäpä minä etc."What shall I... [etc.]"
34Mitä miulla veikko tuopi?""What will my brother bring?"
35"Tuopi kannan kaplukoita,"He brings heel-decorations,
36Jalan alla jarskioita."Jingling underfoot."
37"Mitäpä minä etc."What shall I... [etc.]"
38Mitäpä minulle veikko tuopi?""What will he bring for me?"
39"Tuopi hanhuon.""He brings a goose."
40"Mitä minä veiollani?""What with my gift?"
41"Loain paian palttinaisen,"A linen bridal sheet,
42Ku ei kutkuta kuvetta."That needs no pattern's prompting."
43Kunnepa panen hanhuoni,"Where shall I place my goose,
44Minne mieli lintuseni?Where put my dear bird?
45Pan̄enko ruis purnuhun,In the rye bin?
46Okahanko juuhtunoo;In the chaff it'd molder;
47Panen villavakkasehen,In the wool basket?
48Villani vanuttanoo;My wool would felt;
49Panisin läävän räyställe,On the barn's eaves?
50Läävän henki hengänöö.The barn's spirit might choke.
51Pani läävän räyställe.She placed it on the eaves.
52Meni huomenuksella katsomaan:At dawn she went to look:
53Jo on mennyt hanhuoni.Her goose was gone.
54Kunne meni hanhnoni,"Where went my goose,
55Minne mieli lintuseni?Where put my dear bird?
56Mitä se kumu kutisi,"What's that rumble calling,
57Mitä se jymy jytisi?What's that thud resounding?"
58Menkää kasakat katsomaan,"Go see, Cossacks,
59Orihitko tappelooIf stallions fight
60Suuren tallin lattialla.On the great stable's floor."
61Mitä se kumu etc."What's that rumble... [etc.]"
62Menkää kasakat katsomaan,"Go see, Cossacks,
63Härätkö kisoaliIf oxen contend
64Uuen läävän lattiella.On the new barn's floor."
65Ei orihit tappelek"No stallions fight
66Suuren tallin lattialla,On the great stable's floor,
67Ei härät kisoaleNo oxen contend
68Uuen läävän lattialla:On the new barn's floor:
69Kati kangasta kutoo,A maiden weaves cloth,
70Impi pirtoa pitää;The maid holds a birch tray;
71Siell' on hanhut käämittävi.There geese are being dressed.
72Niin sen suihkaa sukkulaine,The shuttle whizzes so,
73Niin se käänty kääji vaain,The warp-beam turns so,
74Kun kuusessa orava,Like a squirrel in a spruce,
75Petäjässä pieni-kynsi,A small-clawed one in a pine,
76Tahi kärppä kiven kolossa.Or a stoat in a stone's cleft.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-001397 · Read at SKS ↗
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