Ehittelin velloani

SKVR III1 3·Narvusi·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Narvusi]. D. E. D. Europæus. Fol. III 3. n.157. 1853.

Song type: Tytärten hukuttaja

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1Ehittelin velloani,I adorned my brother,

2Ehittelin, kengittelin,I adorned, I shod him,

3Jalat vikkelisukilla,Legs with patterned socks,

4Käet kirjokentahilla.Hands with embroidered gloves.

5Luulin linnahan menevän,I thought he’d go to the city,

6Alle kaupungin ajavan;Ride beneath the town;

7Vello kompi kosjoteitä.Brother fumbles the courting paths.

8Tuli kosjosta kotihin,He came home from courting,

9Löi kypärän pöyän päälle,Threw his helmet on the table,

10Itse päälle itkemähän.Himself onto it, weeping.

11Emyt kysyttelee:Mother-in-law asks:

12"Mitäs itket poikueni?""Why weep, my son?"

13"Sitä itken miun emoni,"I weep for my mother,

14Mix ej meille neiot tule."Why no maidens come to us."

15"Mix on sisoja paljon,"Why there are many sisters,

16Emon lapsea enemmin,More than mother’s other children,

17Six ei meille neiot tule."Thus no maidens come to us."

18"Oi emyt vana emoni,"Oh mother-in-law, old mother,

19Vana mamma vaaliani,Old guardian of mine,

20Mix on sisoja paljon,Why are there so many sisters,

21Emon lapsia enemmin?"More than mother’s children?"

22"Viemmä myö sisot vetehen,"We’ll take the sisters to water,

23Emon lapset Laukahasen."Mother’s children to Laukaa."

24Saatii se himottu minja,They got the desired bride,

25Saatii se hani halattu.They got the cherished goose.

26Pantii kangas kankahalle.The cloth was laid on the heath.

27Kangas kielelle panee:The cloth speaks:

28"Viekää minua vesitielle,"Take me to the water’s path,

29Kantakaate kaivotielle.Carry me to the well’s path.

30Kyll miun kulkijat kutoo,Travelers will summon me,

31Kylän kävijät käämit tekee,Village walkers will tangle,

32Veen tuojat vierettää!"Water-fetchers will roll me!"

33Emyt tutras tuulellinen,Mother-in-law, wind-worn wretch,

34Raukka rannan äärellinen:Wretched one by the shore:

35"Tule tyttöni joesta,"Come, my girl, from the river,

36Lapsueni Laukaasta!"My child from Laukaa!"

37Tytär vasten vastaeli:The daughter retorted:

38"Et sie oo miun emoni,"You are not my mother,

39Etk oo vanha vaaliani,Nor my old guardian,

40Meri on miun emoni,The sea is my mother,

41Meren vaahti on vaaliani,Sea foam my guardian,

42Meren laine laukkojani,*The sea’s wave my cradle,*

43Meri miun miehelle panee."The sea gives me to a husband."

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.

Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-007011 · Read at SKS ↗

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