Laroi poikoi Lappalainen

SKVR III1 310·Soikkola·1858·Collector: Länkelä, Jaako

In the SKVR edition: Soikkola. J. Länkelä. v. VII 1 c. 1858.

SKVR textEnglish

Toisin:

1Laroi poikoi LappalainenThe Lappish boys sang;

2Vesti suksia sykysyn,Prepared skis for autumn,

3Kelkkoja keväisen kaiken.All sleds for spring.

4Laskin sukset juoksemaan;I set the skis to run;

5Sukset juokseet suen hypöllä,Skis ran with a wolf’s leaps,

6Kävit kärpän varpahalla,You went on a weasel’s toes,

7Juoksit koukkuen kotiin,You ran winding home,

8Kattiloin tanhavalle,To the kettles’ tanhava,

9Nattasuien naatolaan,To the nattasui’s storeroom,

10Homesuien huoneesen,Into the homesui’s chamber,

11Kuolasuien kuominaan.To the frosty ones’ kuomi.

12Siell' oli yksi veljyeni;There was one of my brothers;

13Pää keritty velloltani,Head combed by my brother,

14Tukat maahan tuisittuna.Hair tousled to the ground.

15Alon pyytää velloani,I began to ask my brother,

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17"Käy sie velloini kotiin,"Go, my brother, home,

18Meiän kullass' on kotimme,Our home is in gold,

19Hopiass' on huonehemme,Our house in silver.

20Kullat on lapset kukkasena,Golden are the children like flowers,

21Lapsen lillat on hopiat.The child’s petals are silver."

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.

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