Yksi poika yhmeröinen

SKVR I4 510·Vuokkiniemi·1834·Collector: Lönnrot, Elias

In the SKVR edition: Kivijärvi. Lönnrot A II 7, n. 1. 34. Poavilan.

SKVR textEnglish

1Yksi poika yhmeröinen,One boy, foolish,

2Toinen poika tohmeroinen,Another boy, unruly,

3Kolmas on korenta kopra.The third is a stiff dandy.

4Miss' on kyiset kintahani,Where are the snake’s plow-handles of mine,

5Maan alaset vanttuhuni,The earth-lowered plow parts of mine,

6Jolla kynnän kyisen pellon,With which I plow the serpent’s field,

7Käärmehisen käännättelen?Turn the snake’s [field]?

8Lumivaaran kukkulalla,On Snow Mountain’s hill,

9Pohjais puolella mäkiä.On the northern side of hills.

10Järvet saukkona samua,Lakes [like] otters of mud,

11Korvet juokse kontioina,Wilderness runs as bears,

12Oravina kuusen oksat,Spruce branches as squirrels,

13Kärppinä kiven koloset!Rock crevices as stoats!

14Tuonne ma pahan manoan:There I banish the evil:

15Kontion kivi koloon,To the bear’s stone den,

16Karhun louhi kamarihin.To the bear’s rock chamber.

17Jos et sinä totelle,If you do not obey,

18Ota Hiiestä hevonen,Take a horse from Hiiisi,

19Joka voisi vuoret nosta,*That could lift mountains,

20Kaikki kalliot samota,Drag all cliffs,*

21Eikö se vuoriset varajaWould that mountainous steed

22Eikä sääret säikähteleNor legs falter

23Kiviköitä kiiteissä,At stone obstacles in haste,

24Rantoja romuttaissa.Shattering shores.

25Tuonneh mah pahan manoan.There I banish the evil.

26Poikki Pohjolan joestaAcross Northland’s river,

27Sillan silkistä raken̄an.I build a bridge of silk.

28Isäntäsi uotteleevi,Your master laments,

29Muorisi murehteleviYour crone grieves,

30Hurmehuisilla vesillä,With blood-mixed waters,

31Verisillä kyynelilläWith bloody tears,

32Kotihinsa koiroansa.Their dog homeward.

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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