Lasetako laulajita
In the SKVR edition: [Kattila, Korovaisi]. Oskar Groundstroem. n. 162. 1861.
SKVR textEnglish
1Lasetako laulajita,Do you release the singers,
2Tahotako tansejita?Do you desire dancers?
3Avatkaa uksi auki,Open the doors wide,
4Lipatkaa linnojani,Swing my castle gates,
5Täältä meielä tulloo,From here our people come,
6Hyvä heimo heutujaa,A good tribe arriving,
7Tulloo Luojo joukkune,Comes God’s host,
8Jumala perehine,God with His household,
9Jesus kenkä poikine!Jesus with His shoe-boys!
10Peremies, peren isäntä:Master of the house, household lord:
11Anna tupa tullaksen,Grant the house to enter,
12Lauvat lahti lyyväksen!Benches wide to strike!
13Kuin ett antanes tupaa,If you do not grant the house,
14Vie pois päältäni tupas,Take the house from me,
15Kanna suolle kartanois!Carry your manors to the swamp!
16La tansin Jumalan maalle,Then I’ll dance on God’s land,
17Herran maalla herkyttälän,On the Lord’s land I’ll stomp,
18Miss ei pää kose lakeen,Where heads won’t wet in ponds,
19Jalat ej sillan liitoksen!Feet won’t slip on bridges!
20Peremies, peren isäntä:Master of the house, household lord:
21Etähes nimesi kuulu,Far your name is heard,
22Kauas kuulu siun kotiis,Your home is known afar,
23Rivvut Riigase näkyy,Beams show to Riga,
24Katonharja Hatsinnase,Roof-ridge to Hatsina,
25Peräseinä Petteriin!Back-wall to St. Peter’s!
26Perennainen, naisukkainen:Mistress, little woman:
27Nouse ylös uutimesta,Rise up from the bedding,
28Valu vaipasta hyvästä,Slide from the good blanket,
29Kepsä mennä kelleriin,Hurry to the cellar,
30Kapsa mennä kammariin,Dash to the chamber,
31Uppsa uuteen tupaan,Burst into the new house,
32Tuo sielt meien tuopikkinen,Bring our little mug from there,
33Kanna meien kannukkinen,Carry our little jug,
34Kuin tuot peräolutta,If you bring weak ale,
35Niin lie tuoppi tuojan päässä,The mug will be on the bringer’s head,
36Kannu kantajan nisoille;The jug on the carrier’s shoulders;
37Kuin tuot pääollutta,If you bring head-ale,
38Annan kuusi kummarusta,I’ll give six bows,
39Seitsemän selän painotusta.Seven back-bendings.
40Peremies, peren isäntä:Master of the house, household lord:
41Suuri kiitos, kost jumalaGreat thanks, may God reward
42Tähän täytehen taloon!This full house!
43Tässä täysi annettiin,Here a full measure was given,
44Kipoin kaksin kannettiin,Eagerly carried by two,
45Kipoin kaksin, kolkin kolmen,Eagerly by two, by three,
46Pikarit pinoina vierit,Tankards rolled in piles,
47Tuopit ruopjoina romisit.Mugs clattered as scrapes.
48Sen suon tähän taloonI wish for this house
49Tulevaksi vuotuveksi:For the coming year:
50Onni otrat, kauno kaurat,Luck for barley, beauty for oats,
51Mihi toisa tullaksen!Where else to come!
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-007476 · Read at SKS ↗
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