Katri kuuluisa kuningas

SKVR III1 4·Narvusi·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Narvusi]. D. E. D. Europæus. Fol. III 3. n.158. 1853.

Song types: Kun tietäisi emoni, Sotamiehenotto

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1Katri kuuluisa kuningas,Katri the famous king,

2Se viekas Venäen h -That cunning ruler of Russia

3Teki kirjat kiirehesti,Made documents hastily,

4Paperit pakon perästä,Papers under compulsion,

5Laitto surun Suomen maalle,Brought sorrow to Finland's land,

6Surun Suomen poikoisille:Sorrow to Finland's sons:

7Korjattii pojat kokohon,Boys were gathered together,

8Valittih valkopääköt,Fair-haired ones were chosen,

9Vietii sepon pajoihin,Taken to smithies' forges,

10Jalat rautoihe ravattiin,Legs were iron-bound,

11Käet kiini käärittihin;Hands tightly wrapped;

12Vietii taarostan taloh.Taken to the official's house.

13Vietiin pojat Pietarihin,Boys were taken to Petersburg,

14Vietiin Pietarrin perille.Taken to Petersburg's end.

15Kupernaattori kutsuttiin,The governor was summoned,

16Pantii poikanen pakolle,The lad was put to exile,

17Istutettii stuolin päälle,Seated upon a chair,

18Kerittii hyväiset hiukset,Fine hair was combed,

19Tukka maahan tuulettiin,Hair was wind-swept to ground,

20Liemenet levitettihin;Garments were spread out;

21Tuotii hattu päälaelle,A hat was brought to head,

22Tuotiin paita päälle polven,A shirt down to knees,

23Tuotiin viitta vyöhön asti,A cloak up to the belt,

24Tuotiin saappaat vaskikannat;Boots with brass heels;

25Vietiin kupernattorin kujalle,Taken to governor's alley,

26Sinne kuningas kutsuttiin.There the tsar was called.

27Kuningas kysyy poikosilta:The tsar asks the boys:

28"Oot sie omasta syystä,"Are you here by your own cause,

29Vain oot vallan vääryyestä?"Or by authority's injustice?"

30Poika vasten vastajaapi:The boy answers back:

31"En ole mie omasta syystä,"I'm not here by my own cause,

32En oo vallan vääryyestä." -Nor by authority's injustice."

33Pojat sanoot keskenään:The boys say among themselves:

34"Oi myö pojat poloiset,"Oh us poor wretch boys,

35Oi myö polon alaiset!Oh us misery's subjects!

36Kuin tietäsi emoni,If only my mother knew,

37Tietäis vanha vaaliani;Knew my old mother;

38Virstan päivässä tulisi,She'd come a verst a day,

39Toisen virstan vieremällä"Another verst by sliding"

40Tuli emyt ikkunalle;Mother came to window;

41Eipä poikaa näytettykään.No boy was shown there.

42Emyt hulkku ikkunalla,Mother lingered at window,

43Syntinen syän piossa,Sinful heart in bosom,

44Kaksi kättä kainalossa.Two hands under arms.

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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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-007012 · Read at SKS ↗

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