Istu neito niemen piässä
In the SKVR edition: Lentiera. Manninen n. 800. -17. Ol'eksi Nesterine.
SKVR textEnglish
Ańńi.
1Istu neito niemen piässä,A maiden sits at the peninsula's tip,
2vyötä kullaśta kutoo,weaving a golden belt,
3hopeista huolittaa.adorned with silver.
4Kala kultań kutoo,The fish weaves into gold,
5miähnä vaskinen valoo.a copper sword is cast.
6Mies merellä näyttelekse,A man parades on the sea,
7uro uallol'l'a ylenööthe hero boasts on his boat,
8kulta suina, kulta päinä,gold in mouth, gold on face,
9kultakintahat kiässä,golden mittens in hand,
10kultakirjat kintahissa,golden ribbons in the mittens,
11kultakihlat kukkarossa.golden betrothal tokens in purse.
12"Tuletko, Ańńi, minulla?""Will you come, Anni, with me?"
13"En mie tule sinulla,"I won't come with you,
14ei oo äiti tuuvittanna,mother hasn't allowed it,
15vagahaissa vaaputtanna."nor readied the dowry."
16Mies merellä näyttelekse,A man parades on the sea,
17uro uallol'l'a ylenöö.the hero boasts on his boat.
18"Tuletko, Anni, minulla?""Will you come, Anni, with me?"
19Leipä suina, leipä päinä,Bread in mouth, bread on face,
20leipäkintahat kiässä,bread-mittens in hand,
21leipäkihlat kukkarossa.bread-tokens in purse.
22"Jo mie tulen sinulla,"Now I'll come with you,
23jo on eukko tuuvittanna,the old woman's permitted it,
24vagahaissa vaaputtanna."nor readied the dowry."
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-005823 · Read at SKS ↗
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