1 vanha Väinämöinen

SKVR II 33·Repola·1845·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Omelie. Eur. K, n. 5. - 45. Ol'ekseine Simana, Kyöttisiä.

SKVR textEnglish

[Kilpalaulantaa - Ison härän runoa].

11 vanha Väinämöinen,Old Väinämöinen,

22 nuori Joukahainenyoung Joukahainen

3Yhyttih tiellä vastatuksin;Clashed on the path in opposition;

4Puuttu vemmel vempeleh,The shaft stuck into the harness-bow,

5Aisa aisahan takeltu,Shaft tangled with shaft,

6Rahis rahkehen nenähän;Crossbar jammed at the runner's tip;

7Vesi tippu vempelestä,Water dripped from the shaft,

8Rasva rahkehen nenästä.Grease from the runner's tip.

9Virkki vanha Väinämöinen:Old Väinämöinen spoke:

10"Kump' on tieolta parempi,"Whose road-mastery is better,

11Muistannalta tarkempainen,The more precise in memory,

12Sep' on tiellä seisokohon."Let that one hold the road."

13Tuopa nuori JoukahainenThen young Joukahainen

14Laulo lammin lattialle.Sang a foal onto the floor.

15Tuopa vanha VäinämöinenThen old Väinämöinen

16Laulo här'än kultasarven:Sang a golden-horned ox:

17Laikkai lammin lattialta.Drove the foal from the floor.

18Ei se ollut suuren suuri,It was not the great one's greatness,

19Ei se ollut pienen pieni:Nor the small one's smallness:

20Keskilehmien vasoja,A calf of mid-sized cows,

21100 miestä sarven kanto,A man to bear its horn,

221000 turpoa ylenti.A young bull it lifted.*

23Päivän lenti pääskylintu*A swallow flew through daylight*

24Härän sarvien väliä,Between the ox's horns,

25Kuun juoksi kesäoravaA squirrel ran under the moon

26Härän häntäluuta myöten.Along the ox's tailbone.

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.

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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