Venäen kuningas viekas

SKVR III1 68·Narvusi·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Narvusi, Struppova. D. E. D. Europæus. Fol. III 3. n.215. 1853.

Song types: Anteruksen runo, Ennen naidun naisen tappo, Kullasta saari, Nurmen neito, Rutsa

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1Venäen kuningas viekas,Cunning king of Russia,

2Ruotsin rohkea kuningas,Brave king of Sweden,

3Hulkku kauvan kultineen,Wandered long with his gold,

4Vieri verkatorvineen;Rolled with his net-horns;

5Niin vieri Venan selälle,Thus rolled onto Ven's back,

6Kulki Kuippinan rajalle,Traveled to Kuippina's border,

7Kumahutti kultiaan,Clanged his gold,

8Helloitti hopehiaan.Scattered his silver.

9Muru kullista putosi,A crumb of gold fell,

10Siru saareen sirahti,A fragment slipped to the island,

11Mustiin meron mutiin,Into the sea's black mud,

12Savikkoihin Saaren maihin.To Saari's sandy lands.

13Tuohon kasvo kaunis saari,There grew a fair island,

14Saarelle emäntä kasvo,On it grew a mistress,

15Emännälle neito nuori,For the mistress, a young maiden,

16Neito karjan katsojaksi.Maiden to watch the cattle.

17Tuota neittä kiitettiin,That maiden was praised,

18Halki maien haastettiin;Proclaimed through the lands;

19Kirkkokunsin pappi kiitti,The priest praised with his church,

20Maakunsin suku sukutti,The kin mourned with their land,

21Maakunsin kuningas kiitti.The king praised with his land.

22Ei ollt neion kosjojaista,The maiden had no suitors,

23Ihalan itettäjäistä.No courters for the desired.

24Antero Ylervön poikoi,Antero Ylervö's sons,

25Ylimäisen miehen poikoi,Sons of a lofty man,

26Tuo nois neion kosjojaksi,Rose to woo the maiden,

27Ihalan itettäjäksi,As the desired one's courter,

28Verevän vetyttäjäksi,As blusher of the rosy-cheeked,

29Itetti ihalat silmät,Made beloved eyes glisten,

30Vetytti poset verevät.Reddened fresh cheeks.

31Vei tuon neitosen kotiin,Took the maiden home,

32Ihalan ison majaan.To the beloved's great house.

33Alko neiolta kysyä:Began to ask the maiden:

34"Ootko suureen sukuisin,"Are you from a great clan,

35Vain oot pieneen pesoisin?"Or a small nest's kin?"

36Neito vasten vastaeli:The maiden answered:

37"En oo suureen sukuisin,"I’m not from a great clan,

38Enk oo pieneen pesoisin:Nor a small nest's kin:

39Turun oon tuiman tyttäriä."I’m Turku’s stern daughter."

40Turun oon tuiman poisikkainen:Turku’s stern lad:

41"Oi miä poloinen poika,"Oh, wretched boy am I,

42Oman marjani manitin,I lost my own berry,

43Oman lehtein lepytin!"Comforted my own leaves!"

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-007076 · Read at SKS ↗

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