Lenti kokko koillisesta

SKVR I3 1489·Kiimaisjärvi·1845·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Suurij. Eur. K, n. 25. 45.

Song types: Kokkovirsi, Laatikaamme piilopirtti, Mistä tiesi teukamoinen, Nousin tänä huomenessa, Sukkula suihki kädessä kuin kärppä kiven raossa, Suolta kuului ruoskan roiske

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1Lenti kokko koillisesta,The eagle flew from the northeast,

2Satasulka Saksamaasta,The hundred-feathered one from Germany,

3Liitelihen, laatelihen,It soared, it glided,

4Liiti linnan lakkaselle,It soared to the castle's crown,

5Otti turpehimman tukkapäästä,*Took the coarsest from the hair-head,

6Kaunehimman kassapäistä.*The fairest from the braided-head.*

7Käskin kaiken tämän talven,I commanded all this winter,

8Tuikutin tämän sykysyn:I kept this autumn aglow:

9Salvahkate pieni pirtti,A sturdy little cabin,

10Pienet piiloikkunaiset,Small hidden windows,

11Meiän kanoa kasvattaa,To raise our hens,

12Meiän impeä ylentää!To elevate our maiden!

13Pyyhin pikkuperttiseni,I swept my little storeroom,

14Lataelin lautsaseni;I smoothed my bench;

15Tina tippu lehtysistä,Tin dripped from planks,

16Vaski valu varpasista,Copper flowed from thresholds,

17Keräsin on toppasehen,I gathered into a mitten,

18Vaskisehen vakkasehen.Into a copper vessel.

19Läksin ul'oski utuna,I went outside as mist,

20Sain on pellolle savuna,I reached the field as smoke,

21Kaaoin tuohon toppaseniI poured there from my mitten

22Ostetuille otramaille,Onto purchased oat fields,

23Kaupatuille kagramaille.Onto traded barley fields.

24Seisatime topillani,I stood on my mitten,

25Kuuntelime, kääntelime,I listened, I turned,

26Käännin päätä päivöselle,Turned my head to the sun,

27Kumartime kuuhuelle,Bowed to the moon,

28Katsahtin on kankahalle,Glanced toward the heath,

29Kainot sulhot kankahalla:Noble suitors on the heath:

30Suitset seitset vyön takana,Seven bridles behind belts,

31Tavitarhinat? käessä.Tools? in hand.

32Ei kylä sikehen maataThe village won't sleep soundly

33Neien pirran pirgeheltä,From the maiden's loom's creak,

34Sukkulan surinehelta:From the shuttle's hum:

35Suihki sukkula käessä,The shuttle hissed in hand,

36Kuin on portimo pinossa,Like a spindle in a stack,

37Käperöitti käämi kä'essä,Coiled the spool in hand,

38Kuin käpy oravan suussa.Like a pine cone in a squirrel's mouth.

39Mistä tiesi teukamoinen,How did the suitor know,

40Kuuli kultanen omena?The golden apple hear?

41Siitä tiesi teukamoinen,From this the suitor knew,

42Kuuli kultanen omena:The golden apple heard:

43Savupa nousi nuorasenaSmoke rose youthfully

44Neien kuulusta koista,From the maiden's famed deeds,

45Haukku koira korkiastiThe dog barked loudly

46Korkioista gornitsoista,From high barns,

47Leveistä liesnitsoista,From broad hearths,

48Aika palan antajaistaFrom the old giver of pieces,

49Mäkätti kevätkaritsaThe spring lamb bleated

50Aika vihkon antajaista,From the old giver of bundles,

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52Aivan ammo aika lehmäThe very ancient cow

53Aika vihkon antajaista.From the old giver of bundles.

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-001685 · Read at SKS ↗

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