Olkoon kiitetty Jumala

SKVR III1 33·Narvusi·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Narvusi]. D. E. D. Europæus. Fol. III 3. n.183 b. 1853.

SKVR textEnglish

Rekeen pannessa:

1Olkoon kiitetty Jumala,Let God be praised,

2Avossettu armollinen,Revealed, the merciful one,

3Tenattu totinen Luoja!Honored, the truthful Creator!

4Yx oli ounapuu kylässä,There was one rowan tree in the village,

5Senki otti velvyeni,Even then my brother took it,

6Senki tammeni tapasi.Even then my spouse encountered it.

7Saottihin velvyttäni,My kinship was spoken of,

8Saottihin, soimattihin,They were spoken of, they were blamed,

9Ei saottu saavan naista,It was not said to gain a wife,

10Tuoa Tuonelta tytärtä.To bring a daughter from Tuoni's realm.

11Sai naisen velvyeni,My brother obtained a woman,

12Sai naisen naapurista,He obtained a woman from the neighbor,

13Otteli omilta mailta.He took [her] from his own lands.

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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