Viekas Venhelän kuningas

SKVR III1 7·Narvusi·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Narvusi]. D. E. D. Europæus. Fol. III 3. n.161. 1853.

SKVR textEnglish

1Viekas Venhelän kuningasCunning king of Russia

2Petti linnat, petti Narvat,Betrayed the forts, betrayed Narva,

3Petti puolet Puolan maata,Betrayed half of Poland's land,

4Petterit petoksillahan,Peter's men with their treachery,

5Kronstatit konehillahan.Kronstadters with their devices,

6Mitto meret miekoillaan,Measured seas with their swords,

7Tempo tervanuorillaan.Hauled with tarred ropes,

8Sen sai syvätä mertä,It reached the deep sea,

9Kolkanpään nenän kohalta,From Kolkanpää's jutting cape,

10Vääränojan kylän väliltä.Between Vääränoja village,

11Hypitti hyvät hepoiset,Made good horses leap,

12Meille maalle tullessaan,When coming to our land,

13Meien maille mairehille,To our lush lands,

14Leveille leipämaille.To wide wheat-rich plains,

15Leikkais suuret, leikkais pienet,Cut down the great, cut down the small,

16Leikkais kerran keskimäiset.Cut down the middling ones too,

17Jäi poika kätkyehen,A boy remained in the cradle,

18Poika liekku, tukka löyhki,Boy swaying, hair disheveled,

19Kätkyt pärnänen pärisi,Linden cradle creaked,

20Vipu vinku vaahterinen,Maple lever squeaked,

21Tupa kuusinen kumisi.Spruce cabin echoed.

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.
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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