Men' miun veikkoni Viroon

In the SKVR edition: [Moloskovitsa - Tyrö]. Törneroos ja Tallqvist. n. 368 b. 1859.

SKVR textEnglish

Hävinnyt hanhi!

Toisinto.

1Men' miun veikkoni Viroon,My brother went to Estonia,

2Pääten kaiten kaupunkiin.Ended up in the narrow city.

3Tuil miun veikkoni ikävä;Longing for my brother arose;

4Menin metsähän kesolla,I went to the forest in summer,

5Kesk' kesolla, hein'ajalla,Mid-summer, haymaking time,

6Aloin kukkua käkenä,I began to cry like a cuckoo,

7Sisovana sirkutella.Chirping tenderly.

8Muien veikot pois tulloot,Other brothers came forth,

9Kysyin muien veikkovailta,I asked the other brothers,

10Tullook pois miun veikkoin.Let my brother come forth.

11Tuoll' vellosi tulloo,There your brother comes,

12Päältä metsän pää näkyy,From above, the forest's crown shows,

13Alta metsän jalat näkyy,From below, the forest's legs show,

14Keski-paikalt kuumottaa.From the middle, it glows.

15Luulin päivän paistavan,I thought the sun was shining,

16Paisto veikon paian kaulus,It shone – the brother's collar.

17Luulin kuun kumottavaks',I thought the moon was gleaming,

18Kuumotti veikon kulta solki.It glowed – the brother's gold brooch.

19Mitä veikko miulle tuopi,What does the brother bring me,

20Tuoko veikko tuomusia,Does he bring gifts,

21Tuok' tuo hanhon vai käkösen?A goose or a cuckoo?

22Tuop' tuo hanhon tuomuseksi.He brings a goose as a gift.

23Tein mie tarhan hanhuelle,I made a pen for the goose,

24Teräksistä tein veräjän j. n. e.Of steel I made the gate, etc.

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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