Mitä noisen laulamaan

SKVR III1 103·Narvusi·1858·Collector: Länkelä, Jaako

In the SKVR edition: Narvusi. J. Länkelä. v. I 18. 1858.

SKVR textEnglish

1Mitä noisen laulamaan,What shall I begin to sing,

2Kuta noisen kukkumaan?Where shall I start to chant?

3Noisen kuiteski kulille,Still, I go to the paths,

4Kavon kuiteski kalille:I tread to the fish-shores:

5Kuului kukku taivahasse,A cry rang to the heavens,

6Vieri vellon hauan päälle.Rolled onto the brother’s grave.

7Vello hauasta haveli,Brother stirred from the grave,

8Kuopan pohjasta koneli:From the pit’s depths he murmured:

9"Marini, sisarueni!"Marini, my sisters!

10Elä riko uksiani,Do not break my door,

11Porottele pienojani,Do not scare my children,

12Ei oo tehnyt teiän seppä,Your smith did not make [it],

13Teiän tompari takonut,Your bungler did not forge [it],

14Teiän kirves kirjoitellut;Your axe did not carve [it];

15Sen on tehnyt Tuonen seppä,It was made by Death’s smith,

16Tuonen tompari takonut,Death’s laborer forged [it],

17Tuonen kirves kirjoitellut."Death’s axe carved [it]."

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.

Source

Text: SKVR (Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot), the digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.