Raha vieri, rauta vieri

SKVR III1 191·Soikkola·1858·Collector: Länkelä, Jaako

In the SKVR edition: [Soikkola t. Narvusi]. J. Länkelä. v. III 17. 1858.

SKVR textEnglish

1Raha vieri, rauta vieri,Silver rolled, iron rolled,

2Mie itse enemmän vierin;I myself rolled even more;

3Niin mie vierin vellostani,Thus I rolled from my brother,

4Sirkenin sisarestani,Shattered from my sister,

5Kui puu pinosta vieri,As a tree rolls from a stack,

6Kivi saunan kiukahasta,A stone from the sauna's hearth,

7Halko raitista hajoisi;A log splits from the clearing;

8Vierin maille vierahille,I rolled to foreign lands,

9Tupi tuntemattomille,To unknown dwellings,

10Miss' ei muut minua tunne,Where none know me,

11Mie vait muita tunnustelen.I silently observe others.

12Ei ole sitä omaa,There is no kin of mine,

13Kelle kurtan kurjuueni,To whom I tell my woes,

14Haastelen halut sanani:I speak my yearning words:

15Haastan puille, haastan maille,I address trees, address lands,

16Haastan haavan lehtoisille,Address the leafy aspens,

17Pajatan pajun vesoille,Chatter to willow sprouts,

18Kurtan kuusen oksosille,Lament to spruce branches,

19Muutan suuni mustikalla,Change my mouth with blueberries,

20Vaihan suuni vaapukalla,Swap my mouth with lingonberries,

21Mesimarjalla mautan.Sweeten with honeyberries.

22Veri hammas vellon nainen,The blood-toothed brother's wife,

23Irvi suu isoni minno;My father's grinning mouth at me;

24Tehtiin kiroten kengät,They made the shoes with curses,

25Pantiin manaten paulat,Set the straps with threats,

26Tehtiin tuohesta tuppi,A sheath was made from bark,

27Veitsi puista vessettiin.The knife was forged from wood.

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.

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