Utu tyttö, terhen neiti

SKVR I4 1270·Vuokkiniemi·1834·Collector: Lönnrot, Elias

In the SKVR edition: Lonkka. Lönnr. A II 5, n. 66. 34.

SKVR textEnglish

1Utu tyttö, terhen neiti,Mist maiden, ethereal lady,

2Sieklo sieklalla utua,Scatter mist with your sieve,

3Hienoista tersutteleSprinkle delicate droplets,

4Linnulla nenän eessä,Before the bird’s very nose,

5Jott' ei kuulis' kulkieta,So it hears no traveler’s step,

6Ei näkisi matkalaista!Sees no wayfarer’s path!

7Lennä, lennä, lintu parka,Fly, fly, poor wretched bird,

8Pienosille puuhusille,To tiny twiggy thickets,

9Mataloilla maahusille,To lowly earthy hollows,

10Kuni jousen jouvuttaisin,Until I string the bow,

11Käsi kaaren käänyttäisin,Hand turns the arching curve,

12Kusta nuoli noppajaisi,Whence the arrow leaps,

13Tina palli paiskoaisi!Tin ball hurtles forth!

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.

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