Turo tuima poisikkainen
In the SKVR edition: [Soikkola, Oussimäki]. Oskar Groundstroem. n. 247. 1861.
SKVR textEnglish
1Turo tuima poisikkainenFierce Turo, the wild lad
2Ajaa ajatteloo,Drives into contemplation,
3Käy tietä tietelöö.Walks the knowing path.
4Neki neion tiellä käyvän,He saw a maiden on the road,
5Marjan matkoja pitävän.Marja tending her travels.
6Alkoi neijolle läätä:Began to speak to the maiden:
7"Tye neito rekosehe,"Come, maiden, to the sleigh,
8Saa saanin perää!"Take the sleigh’s rear!"
9Neito vasten vastaeli:The maiden countered:
10"Tulkaa tuli punainen,"Let red fire come,
11Saakaa sininen savvuLet blue smoke take
12Siun saanis perää."To your sleigh’s rear."
13Ajoi matkoja vähäisen,He drove a little way,
14Näyttelöö neijolleShowed the maiden
15Kultasuita kukkaroja,Golden-stitched purses,
16Veitsiä hopeapäitä,Silver-headed knives,
17Vaskisuita vaakanoja.Copper-stitched scales.
18Sai tuo neion saanise,He got the maiden into the sleigh,
19Sai saanin perää.Took the sleigh’s rear.
20Niin kysy neiolla:Then asked the maiden:
21"Oot sie suuria sukuisin,"Are you of great kin,
22Vai oot pieniä pesoisin?"Or small-nested?"
23Neito vaston vastaeli:The maiden replied:
24"En oo suuria sukuisin,"I’m not of great kin,
25Aivan pieniä en pesoisin,Nor small-nested—
26Mie on tuima Tuuroin tyttö."I’m fierce Tuuro’s girl."
27Tuo tuima Tuuroin poikaThat fierce Tuuro’s son
28Löi kahta kämmentäStruck both palms
29Kuin kahta kanaanmunaa,Like two hen’s eggs,
30Viskais viittä sormustaThrew five rings
31Kuin viittä Viron kivyttä:Like five Estonian stones:
32"Anna anteks Jumala"Forgive me, God,
33Kuin otin oman siaren,For taking my own sister,
34Oman marjuen manitin!My own berry’s lure!
35Kuin määt siso kotiin,When you go home, sister,
36Älä virka veljille,Don’t tell the brothers,
37Älä sirkutta sisoille,Don’t chirp to the sisters,
38Älä maamalle mainitse!"Don’t mention it to the land!"
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.
Source
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