Isämies isyen poika

SKVR III1 25·Narvusi·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Narvusi]. D. E. D. Europæus. Fol. III 3. n.176. 1853.

Song types: Ei pannut pakenijalle, Kotiinlähdön jouduttaminen, Neidon nimi pyydetään saada tietää ja hänet nähdä, Neito on aitassa, Niin on kaaso kengitetty kuin hevonen raudoitettu, On sulhossamme kyntömiestä, Taivaanvalojen kosinta, Tuntee tupasen tehdä

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1Isämies isyen poika,Father's son, patriarch's heir,

2Päämies päivetty kypärä;Chieftain with sun-bright helm;

3Jouvu tielle tetryeni,Step forth onto the path,

4Matkan päälle marjueni!Set out on the road, my dear!

5Tähti miekkaa täristi,The star made the sword quake,

6Kultamiekkaa helisti:The golden blade clanged:

7Tuokaa miun oma tupaan,Bring it to my own house,

8Saakaa salmi permannolle!Let the strait reach the floor!

9Otot ottolankoseni,Take hold, my dear lad,

10Otot otto, anna aika,Grasp firmly, grant me time,

11Saon siulle tietäksesi,I tell you for your knowledge,

12Siulle tietämättömälle:To you, the uninformed:

13"Ei ole neitoa kotona,"The maiden's not at home,

14Neito on keltaan kerennyt,She's gone to the yellow field,

15Mataraan on matkustanut.Traveled to distant lands.

16Neito on aitassa mäellä,The maiden's on the granary hill,

17Isään hyvyen päällä,Upon her father's goodness,

18Vellon vehnäpurnun päällä."On the barley-wheat bin's top."

19Lankoseni, lintuseni,My dear lad, my little bird,

20Langot linnukkaisueni!My snares, my fledglings!

21Elä huoli lankoseni,Do not fret, my dear lad,

22Viekää sana neitiselle:Carry this word to the maiden:

23Kyllä tiesi siun isosi,Your father surely knew,

24Kyllä ymmärsi emosi,Your mother understood,

25Ei pannut pakenialle,They did not bid you flee,

26Säätänt ei säären juoksialle.Nor decree a hasty flight.

27Maamies on marjueni,The farmer is my dear,

28Kyntäjä kypenyeni,The plowman, my capped one,

29Atran kantaja kananen.Little bearer of the plow.

30Kyllä tunnep velvyeni,Truly I know my duties,

31Kyllä tunnep, kyllä taiap,I know, I can arrange,

32Kyll tunnep tuvatki tehä,I can build houses too,

33Taiap tallit asetella,Set up stables proper,

34Lylytellä lypsikkoja,Handle milking vessels,

35Panna pangille varoja,Store provisions on shelves,

36Usatille uurtehia,Carve doorframes with patterns,

37Kirvon varret kirjutella.Inscribe squirrel-branch motifs.

38Ei kutsu kujalta miestä,One doesn't call a man from alleys,

39Sampsi miestä vainiolta.Nor summon from the field.

40Miun viljo velvyeni,My vigorous, keen one,

41Miun kaunis hyvä kalani!My fair, good catch!

42Isäni isyen poika,My father's father's son,

43Päämies päivetty kypärä!Helm-adorned chieftain!

44Jouvu tielle tetryeni,Step forth onto the path,

45Matkan päälle marjueni,Onto the road, my dear,

46Kuin koissa haastettiin;As in trials decreed;

47Isyt koissa uottelee,Judges in court deliberate,

48Vanhan kannat katkiaa,Cutting ancient stumps away,

49Uotellessaan pojutta.Pondering the son's case.

50Niin on kaasen pää niottu,So the birch's crown is twined,

51Kuin on miekan pää niottu,As the sword's hilt is wrapped,

52Ei mahu meto minuun,Mead cannot comfort me,

53Ei pysy olut punainen,Red ale brings no solace,

54Kuin en saa neittä nähdäkseni.Since I cannot see my maiden.

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.

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