Kerro kieli huolellinen

SKVR IV1 1363·Serepetta·1861·Collector: Groundström, Oskar

In the SKVR edition: Medussi, Ruditsa. O. Groundstroem. n. 19. 1861. Okoi.

SKVR textEnglish

Suru laulu.

1Kerro kieli huolellinenTell, careful tongue,

2Huolelliset huolta myö,We, the careful ones, bear sorrow,

3Muurehellisen mukaa:Alongside the sorrowful:

4Suru päätäni suki,Sorrow combed my head,

5Halu hiukset harjajaa,Desire brushed my hair,

6Syvän syttä poltteloo,The deep [grief] burned,

7Mieli tervaa teköö.The mind makes tar,

8Jo tyttö jottaa ej nähnyt,The girl saw no suitor,

9Viittä, kuutta ej kiusaellut.Troubled not five nor six.

10Kasvattin kanoi parven,I raised a pack of hounds,

11Nostin joukon joutsenii,Lifted a flock of swans,

12Kaik mie vihkiin viritiin,All I consecrated and readied,

13Kaik mie laitoin lakkapuille,All I placed on varnished trees,

14Tuuvittelin turvaksen,I secured as safeguards,

15Varaaksen valmistelin;Prepared as reserves;

16Ei tulleet emolle turvat,Protections came not to mother,

17Varaat ej tullet vaivan nähtävälle,Reserves came not to the suffering,

18Tuli tuska tuutialle,Pain came to the lulled,

19Karkia kapalojalle,Fierce [pain] to the bound,

20Mieli vaiva vaalialla,The mind’s toil on the guardian,

21Tuli turva turmuksille,Safety came to ruin,

22Käsky jalat kärmeksille,Command legs to snakes,

23Veltolle veen vetäjät,To the lazy, water-haulers,

24Laisal saunan lämmittäjä,To the sluggish, sauna-stoker,

25Tuhmalle tulen puhuja.To the fool, fire-speaker.

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.

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