Sulho, viljon veljueni
In the SKVR edition: [Moloskovitsa - Tyrö]. Törneroos ja Tallqvist. n. 304. 1859.
SKVR textEnglish
(Kylän tytöiltä mors[iamen] kod[issa]).
1Sulho, viljon veljueni,Groom, Viljon my brothers,
2Viljon veljeni ommain!Viljon, my own brothers!
3Kuule, sulho, kuin mie laulan,Listen, groom, how I sing,
4Perin pohjin poimottelen,I gather from the deepest roots,
5Kuin mie totta toimittelen,As I handle the truth,
6Kuin mie oikehen opetan.As I teach righteousness.
7Mist sie tunsit turnust tulla,From where did you know to come timely,
8Sian kärsä meille käyä,For the pig's snout to approach us,
9Meiän suurehen sukuhun,To our great kin,
10Leviähän lensiohon?To the wide-spread lineage?
11Meill' on suku suurta miestä,We have a kin of great men,
12Heimo kaik' on herras miestä.The whole tribe is of noble men.
13Sulho, viljon veljueni,Groom, Viljon my brothers,
14Viljon veljeni ommain,Viljon, my own brother,
15Siull' on hiukset kuin hitoll',You have hair like a snake's,
16Siull' on parta kuin pahall',A beard like a devil's,
17Kirjavan kilon näkönen,Resembling a speckled bull,
18Potran pukin muotoinen.Shaped like a sturdy goat.
19Sulho, viljon veljueni,Groom, Viljon my brothers,
20Viljon veljeni ommain!Viljon, my own brothers!
21Älkäi pahaksi panko!*Do not take this as evil!*
22Älä suutu suusanoista,Do not rage at spoken words,
23Vihastu meiän virsistämme!Do not scorn our songs!
24Jo oil virret ennen teitä,Songs existed before you,
25Ennen teitä, ennen meitä,Before you, before us,
26Ennen kaikkia kyläistä.Before all villagers.
27Sulho, viljon veljueni,Groom, Viljon my brothers,
28Viljon veljeni ommain!Viljon, my own brothers!
29Oho kiitä onneasi!Oh, praise your fortune!
30Oikein siulle onni valvoi,Rightly luck guarded you,
31Katso yli olkapääsi,Look over your shoulder,
32Kuin on potra puolellasi,How sturdy is beside you,
33Valkiainen varrellasi.The white one at your side.
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.
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-012919 · Read at SKS ↗
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