Kullervo Kal'evan poika
In the SKVR edition: Jyvöälaksi. Karjalainen n. 11. - 1894. Toarie Petrovna Tsiigojeff, synt. Kenttijärvessä.
SKVR textEnglish
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2Kullervo Kal'evan poika:Kullervo, son of Kaleva:
3"Mitä on työtä Pohjolassa?""What work is there in Pohjola?"
4Itse Pohjolan emäntä:The mistress of Pohjola herself:
5"Palkkauvutko paimeneksi?""Would you hire yourself as a herdsman?"
6Kullervo Kal'evan poikaKullervo, son of Kaleva,
7Rupieu paljo paimenekse,began much as a herdsman,
8Leinä lehmien ajohe,went to drive the cows,
9Kurja karjan katselohe.to wretchedly watch the cattle.
10Tuopa Pohjolan emäntäThat Pohjolan mistress
11Kullervo Kal'evan poijanthrust Kullervo, son of Kaleva,
12Työnsi paljon paimenehe,forcefully into herding,
13Kurjan karjan katselohe;to watch the wretched cattle;
14Leipo heän kiviset leivät,She baked her stone-like breads,
15Kakut paisto kallivoisetcakes baked stony,
16Palaseksi paimenella.as provisions for the herdsman.
"Hänellä on mieli tappoa häntä kuin on muitaki tappanna."
17Kullervo Kal'evan poika,Kullervo, son of Kaleva,
18Sinisukka äijön lapsi,blue-stockinged child of an elder,
19Hivus keltani korie,hair adorned with my yellow,
20Kengän kauto kaunokainishoe-edges fair-shinned,
21Murtiko suuta, murti peätä.broke the mouth, broke the head,
22Murti mustoa haventa;broke the black jaw;
23Sotki suohon lehmän sorkat,smeared the cow's hooves into the swamp,
24Vajotti vasikan jalat.sank the calf's legs.
25Tuolla Pohjolan emännälläThere, the Pohjolan mistress
26Loati laihinat kotih:praised the lean ones home:
27Ajo kontiet kotih,drove the stumps home,
28Karhut kirjokankahalla.bears on the dappled heath.
"Pohjolan emäntä mänöü katšomah jotta jo on ovelampi kun loat'iu tämmöiśtä. Poika loat'iu hänellä pahoa ńiiśtä kiviśiśtä šyömiśiśtä."
[Alkupuoli Sisaren turmelusta, ks. n. 986].
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 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.
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