Nukka, langoni, laulamaha

SKVR II 404·Porajärvi·1884·Collector: Krohn, Kaarle

In the SKVR edition: Porajärvi. Krohn n. 6262. - 84. Outi Vilkane, 37 v., Liusvaarasta.

SKVR textEnglish

[Omenatammi - Iso tammi].

1Nukka, langoni, laulamaha,Sleep/kin, my threads, to singing,

2Heimokset heläjämähä!Kin, to resounding!

3Laulama virret laavulliset,Sing the laavu-songs,

4Laulamma pielekset pihoilla,Let us sing the edges in the yards,

5Tammet keskitanterilla.Oaks on the central field.

6Tammessa on tasaset oksat,In the oak are even branches,

7Joka oksass' on omeno,On every branch, an apple,

8Omenossa on kultapyörä.In the apple, a golden wheel.

9Vain kuka se on tammen kaatanutki,But who has felled the oak,

10Tasalatvan langettanut?Toppled the even-crowned?

11Nouži mies musta merestä,A black man rose from the sea,

12Yleni oallon selkäsistä,Grew from the wave's backs,

13Sekö se on tammen kaatanutki,Was it he who felled the oak,

14Tasalatvan langettanut,Toppled the even-crowned,

15Neion lemmen sortanutki.Crushed the maiden’s love.

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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