Vuoren kukot käkösit

SKVR IV1 1381·Serepetta·1861·Collector: Groundström, Oskar

In the SKVR edition: [Medussi, Desjatskaja]. O. Groundstroem. n. 35. 1861.

SKVR textEnglish

1Vuoren kukot käkösit,The mountain's cuckoos called,

2Vuoren linnut laulelit,The mountain's birds sang,

3Vuoren voimajat kävyt,The mountain's mighty ones tread,

4Vuoron unnon, vuoren vennon,The mountain's fortune, the mountain's kin,

5Kun tuli kylälle vuoro,When the village's turn came,

6Pastolle rahanpanneki,To the priest, a payment placed,

7Vallole heposen vaihto.To power, a horse exchanged.

8Kylä pääsi kyytilläs,The village escaped by carriage,

9Valta vaiholla heposell,Power with a traded horse,

10Pastoni rahan panolle.My priest for money's placing.

11Millä pääsen mie poloinenHow shall I, the wretched, escape,

12Ja kulla kuvattu tyttö?And the gold-adorned maiden?

13Mie viljö värsylläni,I sow with my verses,

14Viljö laulanoisillani.I cultivate with my songs.

15Kyll on värsyi minulla,I have verses enough,

16Kyll' on saatu sanoja,Words enough are gathered,

17Laaittu on lausehii,Phrases are arranged,

18Miul on virret viien vellon,I have songs of fivefold power,

19Sanat seitsemän siaren.Words of sevenfold craft.

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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