Turo tuima poisikkainen

SKVR III1 75·Narvusi·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Narvusi]. D. E. D. Europæus. Fol. III 3. n.222. 1853.

Song types: Kivet kilkki kormanossa - mie raukka rahoiksi luulin, Konnusta kosinta, Rutsa

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1Turo tuima poisikkainen,Turo the fierce youth,

2Turo tuima, mies kavala,Turo the fierce, the cunning man,

3Turo linnasta tuloo,Turo comes from the castle,

4Alta kaupungin ajaa,Drives through the town,

5Viemästä verojyviä,To seize tax grains,

6Maarahoja maxamasta.To collect land taxes.

7Näki neion niemen päässä,He saw a maiden at the cape's end,

8Kultakuutterin kulosta,From where the golden kuutteri shines,

9Alko neiolle lä'ätä,He began to address the maiden,

10Puhella punaposelle:To converse with the rosy-cheeked:

11"Kenkii neito kenkiheini,"Shoe my horses, maiden,

12Panii nahkapakloheini!"Put on the leather harnesses!"

13Neito vasten vastaeli:The maiden answered:

14"Kenkii kurjus kenkihiis,"Let the wretch shoe his own,

15Pahuus nahkapaklohiisi!"The fiend his leather straps!"

16Turoi tuima poisikkainen,Turo the fierce youth,

17Turoi tuima, mies kavalaTuro the fierce, the cunning man,

18Turoi linnasta tuloo,Turo comes from the castle,

19Näki neion tietä käyvän,Saw the maiden walking the road,

20Marjan matkutta pitävän.Holding a berry-picking basket.

21Alko neiolle läätä,He began to speak to her,

22Puhella punaposelle:To converse with the rosy-cheeked:

23"Käy neito rekoseheini,"Step into my sleigh, maiden,

24Saa saanini perään!"Follow my stallions!"

25Neito vasten vastaeli:The maiden answered:

26"Tulkoon tuli punanen,"May red fire come,

27Saakohon sininen sauvu,Blue flame take hold,

28Siun rengin rekoseheisi,Burn your servant's sleigh,

29Siun kelmin kelkkahaisi,Your rogue's sled,

30Paskan pannuille pajuille!"To shit-filled willows!"

31Turoi tuima, mies kavala,Turo the fierce, the cunning man,

32Vilahutti viitan alta,Flashed from under his cloak,

33Kultasuita kukkaroita,Gold-stitched purses,

34Veitsiä hopiapäitä.Silver-headed knives.

35Kivet kilkkiit kormanossa,Stones clinked in the underbrush,

36Kivet kilkkiit, paaet paukkiit,Stones clinked, rocks thudded,

37Neitonen rahaksi luuli,He thought the maiden swayed by wealth,

38Pieno neitoi penningiksi.The girl for petty coins.

39Raha neion mielen muutti;Money changed her mind;

40Neito hyppäis rekoihin,She leapt into the sleigh,

41Kuita ruskia repoinen,Like a red fox,

42Tahi kuiva haavan lehti.Or a dry aspen leaf.

43Turoi tuima poisikkainen,Turo the fierce youth,

44Turoi tuima, mies kavala,Turo the fierce, the cunning man,

45Löi tuo ruosalla oroja,He whipped the horses,

46Rapaeli rahkehilla.Lashed with the reins.

47Oroi juoksi, matka joutui,Horses ran, the journey sped,

48Reko liuku, tie lyheni.Sleigh glided, the road shortened.

49Ajoi Kyyttälän kylään.He drove to Kyyttälä village.

50Akka aitasta tuloo,An old woman came from the barn,

51Hyppäis helmihuonehesta.Leapt from her fine house.

52Turo tuima poisikkainen,Turo the fierce youth,

53Turo tuima, mies kavala,Turo the fierce, the cunning man,

54Suin saoi, sanoin läkkäis:He gaped, then spoke:

55"Sie akka oot anoppi miulle.""You crone are my mother-in-law."

56Akka vasten vastaeli:The old woman retorted:

57"En oo anoppi siulle,"I’m no mother-in-law to you,

58Ei oo kaulla neion kaupat,No maiden’s trade at the market,

59Turull ei tupakan juokki,No tobacco deals at Turku,

60Neion on kaupat kammarissa,Her bargains are in the chamber,

61Tuvassa tupakan juokki,At home, the tobacco runs,

62Kaull on heposen kauppa."The market’s for horse trades."

63Turo tuima poisikkainen,Turo the fierce youth,

64Vei tuo neitosen kotiin,Took the maiden home,

65Ihanan ison majaan.To a grand fine house.

66Viikon villoilla makoitti,A week she lounged on furs,

67Toisen viikon höyhenillä.Another on feathers.

68Alko neiolta kysellä:He began to ask her:

69"Ootko suureen sukusin,"Are you of great lineage,

70Vain oot pieneen pesoisin?"Or a humble nest?"

71Neito vasten vastaeli:The maiden answered:

72"En oo suureen sukusin,"I’m not of great lineage,

73Enk oo pieneen pesoisin,Nor a humble nest,

74Turon oon tuiman tyttäriä."I’m fierce Turo’s daughter."

75Turo tuima poisikkainen,Turo the fierce youth,

76Löi tuo kahta kämmentään,Struck his two palms,

77Viippais viittä sormuttaan:Flicked his five fingers:

78"Ai miä poloinen poika,"Ah, wretched boy am I,

79Oman marjain manitin,I lured my own berry,

80Oman lehtein lepytin!"Soothed my own leaf!"

81Vietiin lehmät lierosarvet,They took the curved-horned cows,

82Ja kirjot kipurasarvet,And spotted twisted-horns,

83Tielle kerttiit Tiiston nännät,Tiisto’s teats spilled on the road,

84Maahan Maanikin utaret.Maanikki’s udders on the ground.

85Sanoot kyläiset naiset,The village women said,

86Sekä naiset naapurista;And women from nearby:

87"Ei viety verojyvistä,"Not for tax grains taken,

88Eik' otettu oprakasta,Nor a dowry seized,

89Turon turhista töistä."For Turo’s vain deeds."

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.

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