Tytöt sulliset omenat
In the SKVR edition: [Narvusi]. D. E. D. Europæus. Fol. III 3. n.226. 1853.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tytöt sulliset omenat,Girls, dear apples,
2Kassapäät kotikanaiset,Cat-headed home-hens,
3Työ käsette laulamaa,You command me to sing,
4Paatte miun haastamaa.You provoke my speech.
5Ei miun laulaman pitäisi,I should not sing,
6Ei iloita ensinkään!No rejoicing at all!
7Vast mie kulloin kuolettelin,Only when I brought death,
8Marjan saattelin manalle.Escorted Marja to Manala.
9Viel on kynnys kyynelissä,The threshold still weeps,
10Ikkunat itkuvesissä.Windows in tear-waters.
11Miull on vello vieremässä,I have a lad stirring,
12Kultatukka kulkemassa,Golden-haired one walking,
13Marja maata marssimassa.*Marja marches the land*.
14En tie piloinen piika,I, a trickster maid, know not:
15Ollook maassa vain meressä,Is it on land or sea,
16Vain vieröö veen varalla,Or drifts by water’s edge,
17Vain tuo soljuun soassa,Or that swamp’s eddy,
18Uuen linnan uulitsalla,On New Castle’s streets,
19Pienen Pietterin selällä.On Little Peter’s back.
20Siel on verta vyöhön asti,Blood there to the belt,
21Talmatta jalan tasainen,The path untrodden, smooth,
22Rattaat veressä vieri,Chariots rolled in blood,
23Rummut ulvoit uutingissa,Drums howled in the hall.
24Niin on siellä miehen päitä,There are men’s heads
25Kuin on merellä kiviä,Like stones in the sea,
26Niin siellä silmäsiä,There are eyes
27Kuin on siestarmarjasia,Like cloudberries,
28Niin on siellä hiuksosia,There are hairs
29Kui on niityllä kuloa.Like meadow’s dry grass,
30Niin on siellä korvosia,There are ears
31Kui on koivussa lehtosia,Like birch leaves,
32Niin on siellä poikosia,There are sons
33Kui on lepässä lehtosia.Like alder leaves,
34Niin on siellä sormosia,There are fingers
35Kuin on suossa villapäitä.Like cotton grass in swamp,
36Niin on siellä sääriluita,There are shinbones
37Kui on kasessa kantoloita.Like sticks in a bundle.
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-007088 · Read at SKS ↗
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