Ken tämän toven valehti
In the SKVR edition: Roukkula. Karttunen n. 144. - 2/7 97. Useat nuoret tytöt lauloivat yhdessä
SKVR textEnglish
Tulovirren.
1Ken tämän toven valehti:Who lied this truth:
2Veijon tyhjin tulleheksi?That the trickster came empty-handed?
3Tällä on tosi tuotavana,Here is truth to be brought forth,
4Kana koalatettavana.A hen to be positioned.
5Morsian, sisoni neido,Bride, my dear maiden,
6Pol'l'e jalga portahalla,Stomp your foot on the stairs,
7Toinen sillalla sirota,The other step daintily on the bridge,
8Assus hanhen askelilla,Stand in the goose’s footsteps,
9Taputa tavin jaloilla!Stamp rhythmically with your feet!
10Piha on asselta pidempi,The yard is longer than a span,
11Kynnys hirttä korgiambi.The threshold higher than a rope.
12Ei vävy tubah sobiThe groom does not fit the house
13Ilman orren ottamatta,Without taking the beam,
14Kamoan korottamatta,Without raising the support,
15Sivu seinän siirtämättä,Without shifting the side wall,
16Otša seinän ottamatta,Without taking the gable wall,
17Peräseinän purkamatta.Without dismantling the back wall.
18Jo vävy tubah sobi.Now the groom fits the house.
19Perä seinä pedranluinen,The back wall is of pedra-wood,
20Sivu seinä sirkanluinen,The side wall of sirka-wood,
21Otša seinä odmanluinen.The gable wall of odma-wood.
22Lagi on meren-lagańen,The ceiling is like the sea’s expanse,
23Latja lahnan suomuksinen.The roof with pike’s scales.
24Issuttagoa se vävy seinäh,Let the groom sit on the wall,
25Sel'l'in seinäh siniseh,On the blue-backed wall,
26Kohdih oveh punaseh!Facing the red door!
27Kuin on vävy hal'l'akas,If the groom is feeble,
28Niin on metšä huutehes.So too the forest echoes.
29Tuogos tuli tuohukseh,Bring fire into the birch-bark,
30Paras tuli paisseksih,The best fire for burning,
31Rusgie tuli ruohtimeh!Red fire into the hearth!
32Lasettago vävyn oroLet the groom’s grain be sown
33Keällä kintahattomalla,In summer without gloves,
34Sormella nimettömällä!With a nameless finger!
35Kudama talvet sulana seisoo,Woven winters stand thawed,
36Herasina herhottaa,Alert, it sprouts forth,
37Juottago vävyn oro,Let the groom’s grain be watered,
38Kudama talvet sulana seisoo,Woven winters stand thawed,
39Herasina herhottaa!Alert, it sprouts forth!
40Piehtaroigoa vävyn oroLet the groom’s grain be winnowed
41Vereksillä vidilöillä,With wide-meshed sieves,
42Sileillä tanterilla,On smooth threshing floors,
43Jottei liha liikottaisi,Lest flesh be disturbed,
44Karvan juuri katkeaisi!Or a hair’s root break!
45Pangoa se vävyn oroLet the groom’s grain be placed
46Soimasille ylimmille,On the highest shelves,
47Padviseh patsaha!Stacked into heaps!
48Apattago vävyn oroLet the groom’s grain be aided
49Lessyin leivin, pessyin kagroin,With finest breads, purest barley,
50Survotuin suvirugehin!With pressed summer rye!
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-005980 · Read at SKS ↗
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