Neiti musta, pää keritty
In the SKVR edition: Uhut. Lönnrot A II 9, n. 52. 27/4 35.
SKVR textEnglish
1Neiti musta, pää keritty,Dark maiden, hair tightly bound,
2Tyttö valkean verinenA girl blood-pale or pure,
3Läksi maita kylvämähän,She went to sow the lands,
4Aroja tihittämähän.To thicken the barren plains.
5Norot kylvi, koivut nousi,She sowed alder, birch arose,
6Mäet kylvi, männyt kasvo,Sowed hills, pine trees grew,
7Suot kylvi, kanarvat kasvo.Sowed bogs, heather bloomed.
8Neitonen norolta nousi,The maiden rose from alder,
9Kasvo impi kankahalta,The virgin grew from heath,
10Neitonen noroja käypi.The maiden walks the alders.
11Mielikki metsän emäntä,Mielikki, forest's mistress,
12Otas kultanen kurikka,Take your golden crook now,
13Komautas kumpumaita,Shape the rolling hilllands,
14Orovat orolle nosta,Raise barley to the fields,
15Rahat raunoille ajele,Drive turnips to fallows,
16Viitsikölle kynnet viiösPlow the cleared earth deep,
17Miehen etsivän eteh,Before the seeking man,
18Uottelevan ympärille!Around the pleader's path!
19Orovainen, värtäjäinen,Barley-Spirit, swift and bright,
20Levitäte lehväselle,Spread on the leafy bough,
21Josta nuoli noppojaisi!Where arrows find their mark!
22Mielikki metsän emäntä,Mielikki, forest's mistress,
23Sio kuuset kultavöihin!Bind spruces with gold belts!
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-003564 · Read at SKS ↗
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