Oli juotossa Jumala

SKVR III1 13·Narvusi·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Narvusi]. D. E. D. Europæus. Fol. III 3. n.167. 1853.

SKVR textEnglish

1Oli juotossa Jumala,God was at the drinking feast,

2Piossa pyhä Kalerva.In the sacred grove, holy Kalerva.

3Tuotii tuopilla olutta,Brought beer in a tankard,

4Pikarilla pienykkäistä.With a goblet, mead.

5Hiiva oli alla hienokkainen,The yeast below was delicate,

6Vaaht oli päällä valkiainen,The foam atop was white,

7Keskellä olut punanen.In the middle, the beer was red.

8Mihin mie hiivani herutan,Where shall I shake my yeast,

9Kuhun vaahtoni valutan?Where pour my foam?

10Isoin ikkunan aloille,To the base of the great window,

11Velloni veräjän suulle.My broth to the gate's mouth.

12Kasvoi sinne suuri tammi,There grew a great oak,

13Ylkeni emo petäjä.A mother pine rose tall.

14Ei oo tammen tallajaista,There's no feller of the oak,

15Pitkän puun lyhentäjäistä.No shortener of the tall tree.

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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