Hoi Ańńi, Tapivon neiti
In the SKVR edition: Sappovaara. Niemi n. 147. 04. Hilippä Huotarińi. - Mp. Akonlahdessa.
SKVR textEnglish
1Hoi Ańńi, Tapivon neiti,Hey Annikki, maiden of Tapivo,
2Otas kultańi kurikkaTake my golden staff,
3Eli vaskińe vasara,Or the copper hammer,
4Kaikki korvet kolkuttele,Make all the wooded hills resound,
5Aja vil'l'a vienommilla,Drive the wild [game] to gentler trails,
6Aukejimmilla ahoilla!To the widest open glades!
7Miehet on nuoret,The men are young,
8Koirat on pennut,The dogs are pups,
9Ampujat alakätiset.The shooters are clumsy.
10Soatapa sillä soareksella,Hunt on that islet,
11Jolla soalis soatanee,Where prey may be caught,
12Erän toimi tuotanee.The hunt's work will yield.
13Oravaińi on kummun kukka,My squirrel is the hill's flower,
14Metšän valkie vasikka,The forest's white calf,
15Ojennate oksasella,Straighten with a branch,
16Levitäte lehväsellä,Spread with foliage,
17Kuin mie juovun jousissani,As I lose myself in my bows,
18Vivun rautasen viritän!I set the iron trigger!
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-003516 · Read at SKS ↗
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