Mitä silloin laulettih

SKVR I4 1219·Kontokki·1893·Collector: Marttini, Iivana

In the SKVR edition: Niskajärvi. Martt. n. 48. 93. Hovatta.

Song types: Karhun metsästys, Karhunpeijaiset

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Karhuntappo virsi.

1Mitä silloin laulettih,What was sung then,

2Kuta kujerrettih,What was murmured,

3Kuin mennäh ohon oville,How to go to the threshold's doors,

4Pikkusilmäsen pihoille?To the small-eyed one's yard?

5Mielikki metsän emäntä,Mielikki, forest's mistress,

6Tuo tarkka tapion tytti,That keen daughter of Tapio,

7Pohjan tytti käyrä neiti,North's fair maiden,

8Kukutteles koiriani,Make my dogs cuckoo-call,

9Haukuttele halliani!Bark my hounds!

10Nouse pois, nokini neito,Rise, my sooty maiden,

11Nokisesta nuotiosta,From the sooty firepit,

12Late allasi lahou,Let your flames smolder,

13Laki päälles' lankeaa!The roof-beam shall fall!

14Terve, ohto, tultuasi,Hail, ohto, your coming,

15Mesikämmen, käytyäsi!Honey-paw, your trek done!

16Viikon viivyit, kauvan kuuluitA week you tarried, long you were heard

17Viron maita juostessasi.Racing through Estonian lands.

18Enkä pyytän' pyssyn kanssa,I hunted not with guns,

19Enkä ampujen ajanut,Nor chased with shooters,

20Itse hairahit havolta,You strayed from the path yourself,

21Vierit vempelen selältäRolled from the demon's back,

22Puhki kultasen kupusi,Through your golden cloak,

23Läpi marjasen mahasi.Through your berry-belly.

24Lähes, kuulu, kulkemahan,Come near, it's said, to travel,

25Hopea, vaeltamahan,Silver-one, to wander,

26Rahakarva, kaalamahanCoin-hued, to advance,

27Miehien miekkojen nenissä,Before men's sword-points,

28Urohoisen väen edessä!In heroic folk's forefront!

29Vestä pilkat pitkin teitä,Scatter jests along roads,

30Rastit vuarojen rakoja,Thrushes in hill-crevices,

31Poikki porsasten poluista,Across piglet trails,

32Sikojen silittämistä,Of swine-stroking places,

33Vaimojen vanuttamista!Of wives' weary labor!

34Nyt on kuulu kulkemassaNow fame walks forth

35Kullaista kujoa myöden,Along golden paths,

36Hopeaista tietä myöden,Along silver roads,

37Vaskista vanoa myöden.Along copper tracks.

38Siel' on kuuset kulta veissä,There spruces bear gold branches,

39Haavat vaski vantehissa,Aspens copper-ringed,

40Petäjät hely hopeissa.Pines silver-adorned.

41Kuin tullah tuvan pihoille,When I reach the house-yard,

42Nostan sukseni sulahan,I'll hang my skis on beams,

43Panen piikkini pinohon,Place my staff on shelves,

44Otimeni orren päähän.My pole on rafters' end.

45Varokaatte, raukat vaimot,Beware, wretched wives,

46Ett'ei karja kaipastuisi,Lest cattle falter,

47Viipastuis' emännän viljaThe mistress' grain delay,

48Ohon tullessa tupahan!When oho enters the house!

49Joko tääll' on pirtit pesty,Are saunas cleansed here,

50Joko lattiat lakaistuFloors swept clean,

51Tulevalle vierahalle?For the coming guest?

52Minne vienen vierahani,Where take my guest,

53Minne kuuluni kuletan,Where bear my honored one,

54Vienenkö penkille perähän?To the bench's far end?

55Enkö vieläi siihen viene?Have I not placed there yet?

56Pannenko ovi-orren alle?Under the door beam?

57Enkö vieläi siihen panne?Have I not placed there yet?

58Vienpä aitan penkin päähän,I'll take to storehouse bench-end,

59Rautasen rahin nenähän,To iron bin's front,

60Hopiata syntymähän,Where silver is born,

61Kultoa kuluttamahan.Gold to be expended.

62Tuoss' on merkit metsolasta,There are signs from Metsola,

63Taikolat tapiolasta;Traps from Tapiola;

64Metisempä anto metsä,The forest gave more honey,

65Satasen salon isäntä.Master of hundred wilds.

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.

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