Millä kostan huoran konstit

SKVR I2 942·Uhtua·1836·Collector: Cajan, J. Fr.

In the SKVR edition: Uhut. Cajan n. 37. - 1836.

SKVR textEnglish

19 Runo.

1"Millä kostan huoran konstit,"With what shall I repay the harlot's tricks,"

2Pahan porton palkan maksan,"Pay the evil wench's penalty,"

3Kiven leipo leipähäni,"Bake stone into my bread,"

4Paaen paisto kakkuhuni.""Oven-bake it into my cake."

Paimenessa ollessa (Istu kivelle sitä syömäh.)

5Loati pillin pihlajasta,"Carved a flute from rowan,"

6Soiton raiasta rakenti,"Built music from a beam,"

7Lehmät lehtohon levitti,"Spread cows in the grove,"

8Maion antajat ahoon."Milk-bearers to the glade."

9"Mänkeä lehmiä lypsämäh" etc."Go milk the cows," etc.

10Lyymistäksen lypsämäh,"At twilight, milk them,"

11Kaamistaksen katsomah,"Watch until dusk falls,"

12Puri puolen pohkiota,"Bit half the thigh-bone,"

13Revitti emännän reien."Tore the mistress's thighs."

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15Millä kullut maahan pantaneh,"With what are the dear ones laid low,"

16Hautahah hakattaneh?"Hewn into the grave?"

17Sia on maassa kuollehella,"There in earth with the dead,"

18Kalmassa katonehella,"In the grave with the lost,"

19(Ei elävien kera.)"(Not with the living's company.)"

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.

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