Olkoon niiksi, jääköön näiksi

SKVR III1 48·Narvusi·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Narvusi]. D. E. D. Europæus. Fol. III 3. n.198. 1853.

SKVR textEnglish

1Olkoon niiksi, jääköön näiksi,Let it be so, let it remain thus,

2Olkoot otsat huomeneksi,Let the verses endure for tomorrow,

3Tutkamet tunaperäksi,The embellishments for time's passing,

4Paremmille laulajille,For better singers to come,

5Tarkempille taitajille!For keener crafters of verse!

6Ehk lie virret väärin laulant,Perhaps the songs were wrongly sung,

7Sanat kurjin kerrostellut.The words most poorly arranged.

8Monta väärää sanoa,Many misguided words,

9Neion nuoren laulaessa;When the young maiden sang;

10Monta väärää vakoa,Many errant furrows,

11Uron nuoren kyntäessä.When the young man plowed.

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.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.