Läksin koista kulkemahan

SKVR III1 2·Narvusi·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Narvusi]. D. E. D. Europæus. Fol. III 3. n.156. 1853.

SKVR textEnglish

1Läksin koista kulkemahan,I set off from home to wander,

2Veräjiltä vieremähän,Rolling away from the gates,

3Ison uuesta tuvasta,From the great door of the house,

4Vellon koista korkiasta.From my brother's lofty home.

5Löin mie jalkani kivehen,I struck my foot against a stone,

6Varpahani vaaherpuuhun,My toes against a maple tree,

7Istusin maaha itkemähän,I sat on the ground to weep,

8Nurmen päälle nuttumahan.Onto the grass to lament.

9Tuli kulta kutsumahan,Gold came to invite me,

10Vaskivalju palvomahan;The copper-bold to court;

11En mää kullan kutsukilla,I heeded not gold's call,

12Vasken valju palvokilla.Nor copper-bold's pleas.

13Tuli vello ottamahan,Brother came to take me,

14Issutti sison rekehen,Seated sister in the sleigh,

15Silmät silkillä siteli,Eyes bound with silk,

16Jalat katto kankahilla,Feet wrapped in fabrics,

17Löi vait ruoss'alla oroa.He whipped the horse silent.

18Oro juoksi, matka joutu,The steed ran, journey sped,

19Reki liuku, tie lyheni,Sleigh glided, road shrank,

20Juoksi Tuuterin kujalle.To Tuuteri's lane it raced.

21Tuuterin tytöt kujallaTuuteri's maids on the lane

22Kutoot punapaninta,Wove crimson fabric,

23Luovat vyötä luokullista.Crafted buckled belts.

24Katkeis yksi kultalanka,A golden thread snapped,

25Helähti hopia helmi.A silver bead chimed.

26Täyty neito itkemähän,The maid had to weep,

27Neito itki, kyynel vieri.She wept, a tear fell.

28Kasvo siit kolme mäkeä,From it grew three hills,

29Kolme koivua mäele,Three birches on the hill,

303 oxaa koivusehen,A cuckoo in the birch,

313 käköä oksaselle:A cuckoo on the bough:

32Yks oli vedro velloseini,One was brother's spring,

33Toin oli ehtoisa emoni,Second my fair mother,

34Kolmans vanha vaaliani,Third my aged father,

35Neljäns sirkkunen sisoni.Fourth my small sister.

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.
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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