Pääskölintu, päivälintu
In the SKVR edition: [Soikkola, Uusikylä]. Oskar Groundstroem. n. 189. 1861.
SKVR textEnglish
1Pääskölintu, päivälintu,Swallow-bird, day-bird,
2Tuo ihala ilmoijen lintuThat lovely bird of the skies,
3Lenteli kesoisen päivän,Flew on a summer-like day,
4Sykysyisen yön pimeän,Through autumn night's darkness,
5Etsi maata maataksensa,Seeking land to rest upon,
6Lehtoa leväteksensä.A grove to repose in.
7Sai tuo mättähän merosta,It found a hummock from the sea,
8Muni kultaisen munaisen,Laid a golden egg,
9Valoi vaskisen pesoisen.Cast a copper nest.
10Tuli Tuuri Laukahalta,Tuuri came from Laukkala,
11Vihkura Viron väliltä,From between Viro and Vihkura,
12Vieritti munat vetehen,Rolled the eggs into water,
13Laski peson Laukahase.Lowered the nest to Laukkala's waters.
14Täyti pääskö itkemähän,Made the swallow weep,
15Lensi seppyen katolle.Flew to the smith's roof.
16"Seppyeni, selvyeni,"My smith, my clarity,
17Taoit ennen, taoit eglen,You forged before, forged of yore,
18Tao rautainen harava,Forge an iron rake,
19Teräksen piit panee,Set steel teeth upon it.
20Mie haravoin meron kokoon,I'll rake the sea together,
21Löysin puolet valkiaista,Found half of the white,
22Toinen puoli ruskiaista."The other half of the brown."
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-007506 · Read at SKS ↗
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