Oi on Ogo tšikkozen
In the SKVR edition: Tolmatšu. Alava n. 62. - 95. Iivana Baturin, 53 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Oi on Ogo tšikkozen,Oh, there is Ogo the little goat,
2susiedan tyttözen,the wolf’s little daughter,
3aššummakko met̮t̮äzehto lead into the forest,
4puuhutta puromah,to gnaw the tree,
5tammutta tagomah!to chop the oak!
6A kun tammut tappav,And when the oaks are slain,
7havuzilla kattav.cover with pine boughs.
8mistä miuлa hengyt šuaha?Where can I fetch breaths for myself?
9Vanhan akan vakkazešta,From the old hag’s grain-bin,
10nuoren mińńän lippahasta.the young maiden’s basket,
11hyvän tytön kaaznašta.the good girl’s coffer.
12Yks vel'l'i mänömäššä,One brother goes forth,
13toińe vel'l'i tulomašša,another comes back,
14koлmaš vel'l'i jarmankalla.the third is at the fair.
15Midä heä̱n tuov?What do they bring?
16Tuov šieldä hanhuon.They bring a silk cloth.
17Kunne händä panna?Where to place it?
18Panen mie kagrapuurnuh,I’ll put it in the buckwheat bin,
19kagrapuurnšsa kaštuv;in the buckwheat bin it sprouts;
20panen mie ruiśpuurnu̱h.I’ll put it in the rye bin,
21ruiśpuuunusša ruoštuv;in the rye bin it grows;
22panen mie ozrapuurnu̱h,I’ll put it in the barley bin,
23ozrapuurnušša ovaštuv.in the barley bin it swells.
24Panen mie vehnäpuurnuh.I’ll put it in the wheat bin,
25Vehnäpuurnušt' uidiv.in the wheat bin it swims.
26Lähen mie et̮t̮imä̱hI go to seek
27Uuvenlinnan uulit̮oilla,on the streets of Novgorod,
28Vanhanlinnan kukkuroilla,the hills of Old Town,
29Moskovan kivizillä,on Moscow’s stone paths,
30Piiterin pihazilla.in Petersburg’s courtyards.
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 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-006713 · Read at SKS ↗
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