Veljyeni kaunueni

SKVR III1 271·Soikkola·1858·Collector: Länkelä, Jaako

In the SKVR edition: Soikkola. J. Länkelä. v. V 18. 1858.

SKVR textEnglish

1Veljyeni kaunueni,My dear brothers,

2Velloi vuolahaisueni,My eager brothers,

3Olkaamme hylyt hyvästä,Let us be free of the good

4Kuurokkaisen kunniasta!From Kuurokkainen's honor!

5Kun ei kunnia katoisi,For if honor does not fade,

6Saisi en sakkohon isoini,I’d not bring my fathers to fines,

7Velloini rahan vetoon!Nor brothers to money’s levy!

8Siis poika isolle poikoi,So, son, act for the father’s sons,

9Siis lie lapsi vanhemmalle,Let the child serve the parent,

10Kuin teet tuvan isolle,As you build the house for father,

11Tuvan porstuvan etehen,The house’s porch before it,

12Uuet on ukset kammarille,New doors to the chamber,

13Jos tahot elää ison keralla.If you wish to live with father’s kin.

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.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.