Toisin entiset eläjät
In the SKVR edition: Uhut. Lönnrot A II 9, n. 53. 27/4 35.
SKVR textEnglish
1Toisin entiset eläjätThe old dwellers lived differently,
2Kävi kullassa kulaten,Walking adorned in gold,
3Hopiassa heilahuien,Swaying in silver splendor,
4Ei kun nyt nykynen kansa,*But now the modern folk,
5Ei huoli hopeistani,Care not for my silver,
6Eikä kuule kullistani.Nor heed my golden words.*
7Kun metsä vihottelekse,When the forest is angered,
8Tapio o - - -Oh Tapio,
9Kun ei koirat kohti hauku,When dogs do not bark toward,
10Mielikki metsän emäntä,Mielikki, the forest’s mistress,
11Kohin koirat haukuttele,With clamor rouse the dogs,
12Tellervo Tapion neiti,Tellervo, Tapio’s maiden,
13Lyhyt jalka lysmäpolvi,Short-legged, crooked-kneed,
14Ennen kuusia kumarran,Before spruces I bow,
15Halailen havusita.Embrace the piney boughs.
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17Kun lähen ohon oville,When I near the bear’s door,
18Karvaturvan kartanolle,To the shaggy-jaw’s homestead,
19Niin sie, ohto, käänteleteThen you, bear, turn away,
20Miehen valkian eessä,Before the white-maned one,
21Kohin koivun karvallista!Clamor by the shaggy birch!
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-003565 · Read at SKS ↗
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