Kerjäläinen, vainolainen

SKVR III1 176·Soikkola·1858·Collector: Länkelä, Jaako

In the SKVR edition: [Soikkola t. Narvusi]. J. Länkelä. v. III 5. 1858.

Song type: Iso tammi

SKVR textEnglish

1Kerjäläinen, vainolainenA beggar, a stranger

2Tuotiin tuopilla olutta,Brought with a tankard of beer,

3Lasisella tuopisella,With a glass tankard,

4Katajaisella kapalla,With a juniper-wood bowl,

5All' oli hiiva hienokkainen,Beneath was fine yeast,

6Keskellä olut punainen,In the center, red beer,

7Päällä vaahto valkeainen.On top, white foam.

8Vierin vellon veräjän suulle,I rolled to the water's gate-edge,

9Kantajani kaivotielle,My bearer to the well-path,

10Siihen mie vaahtoni valelin,There I poured my foam,

11Siihen mie punani puotin,There I poured my red,

12Tuohon kasvo tarkka tammi,There grew a steadfast oak,

13Pitkä puu oven eteen.A tall tree before the door.

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.

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