Kylä täss on ennen ollut

SKVR III1 61·Narvusi·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Narvusi]. D. E. D. Europæus. Fol. III 3. n.208. 1853.

SKVR textEnglish

1Kylä täss on ennen ollut,A village here has been before,

2Kylä ennen, kylä eglen,A village of old, a village of yore,

3Nyt on noissut nuori metsä,Now a young forest has risen,

4Kasvanut komia korpi.A splendid backwoods has grown.

5Kolm on korvessa lähettä,Three springs are in the wilderness,

6Kolme lohta lähtehessä,Three salmon in the spring,

7Kolm on linnaa lohessa.Three castles in the salmon's domain.

8Yks on lesken leino linna,One is the widow's sorrowful castle,

9Toinen nuoren morsiamen,The second, a young bride's,

10Kolmas nuoren neion linna.The third, a young maiden's castle.

11Mikä on karralla katettu,What's roofed with bark,

12Se on lesken leino linna.That's the widow's sorrowful castle.

13Mikä vaskella valettu,What's cast in copper,

14Se on nuoren morsiamen.That's the young bride's.

15Mikä on kullalla kuvattu,What's adorned with gold,

16Se on nuoren neion linna.That's the young maiden's castle.

17En oo leski, en oo leino,I'm no widow, no mourner,

18En oo varatoin vaimo,Nor a destitute wife,

19On miulla 3 pojutta:For I have sons:

20Yks on Ruotsissa rovasti,One's a dean in Sweden,

21Toinen piispa pappilassa,The second, a bishop at the rectory,

22Kolmas linnassa likatti.The third, a maid in the castle.

23Puuttu surma kaulemahan.Death came to listen,

24Tappo Ruotsista rovastin,Killed the dean from Sweden,

25Tappo piispan pappilasta,Killed the bishop from the rectory,

26Tappo linnasta likatin.Killed the maid from the castle.

27Nyt oon leski, nyt oon leino.Now I'm a widow, now a mourner.

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.

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