Mänin meroihe kylpiimää

SKVR III1 626·Narvusi·1881·Collector: Porkka, Volmari

In the SKVR edition: Narvusi, Pärspää. Volmari Porkka. II 26. 1881-83. Anu-tyttö.

SKVR textEnglish

1Mänin meroihe kylpiimää,I went to the seas to bathe,

2Laineessa laputtammaa,To splash in the waves,

3Vaatteheni viruttammaa.To lay out my clothes.

4Panin puulla puutteenit,I placed my garments on a tree,

5Maan varalla vaatteeni,My clothes under earth's guard,

6Panin sukkani sulalla maalla,I put my socks on bare ground,

7Kenkäni kesä kivellä,My shoes on a summer stone,

8Sormuksen somerolla.My ring on sandy ground.

9Tuli varas varvikosta,A thief came from the bushes,

10Mies vihaine vitsikosta,An angry man from the willow grove,

11Naine laiska lampaista,A lazy woman from the sheepfold,

12Otti puulta puutteheni,Took my garments from the tree,

13Maan varalta vaattehenit,My clothes from earth's custody,

14Sukkani sulalta maalta,My socks from the bare ground,

15Kenkäni kesäkiveltä,My shoes from the summer stone,

16Sormuksen somerolta.My ring from the sandy ground.

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.

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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