Ignatta pojut Kalervon

SKVR IV1 1440·Kaprio·1861·Collector: Groundström, Oskar

In the SKVR edition: Hevaa, Tönttölä. O. Groundstroem. n. 99. 1861.

Song types: Ennen naidun naisen tappo, Iivana Kojosenpoika, Konnusta kosinta

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1Ignatta pojut KalervonIgnatius' sons of Kalervo

2Meni Konnulta kosiinWent to Konnu to woo

3Konnun neittä, Korkun neittä,Konnu's maidens, Korkku's maidens,

4Konnun Korkun tyttölöi.Konnu-Korkku's young girls.

5Ignatta pojut KalervonIgnatius' sons of Kalervo

6Alkoi neielle läätä,Began to court the maiden,

7Kassapäälle kannoitella:To coax the fair one:

8"Lähe, neitonen, miulle,"Come, maiden, to me,

9Lähe miehelle hyvälle,Come to a worthy man,

10Uroiselle uhkialle!"To a bold, spirited suitor!"

11Konnun neijot vastasivat:Konnu's maidens replied:

12"Jo siul nainen on ennen naitu,"You already have a wife wed before,

13Ennen etsitty emäntä."A mistress sought long ago."

14Ignatta pojut KalervonIgnatius' sons of Kalervo

15Tuli konnulta kotiin,Came home from Konnu,

16Tempasi tupesta tuiman,Seized the fierce one from the house,

17Pahan parkinnahkasest,From her cursed leather belt,

18Veti veitsen reieltä,Drew a knife from his belt,

19Veti veitsen, riisu rauvan,Drew the blade, freed it from its sheath,

20Leikkas kulkun naiseltaanCut his wife's throat

21Niinkuin kannalta kapustanLike cabbage from its stalk,

22Tali naatin nagrihelt.Or a turnip from its root.

23Meni aikoa vähäisen,A brief time passed,

24Lapset itkööt emoa:The children wept for their mother:

25"Kuss ono emonen meien,"Where is our dear mother,

26Kuss on vanha vaaliani?"Where is our old guardian?"

27Ignatta pojut KalervonIgnatius' sons of Kalervo

28Tuota laati lapsille:Told the children thus:

29"On kylässä kylpemäs,"She’s bathing in the village,

30Valloissa valaemas."Rinsing in the open fields."

31"Älä itke, lapsueni"Don’t weep, my children,

32Tuon mie emon ehtosamman,I’ll bring a duskier mother,

33Tuon mie maamon mairohomman."A sweeter mother I’ll fetch."

34Lapset vastan vastaeliit:The children retorted:

35"Sie tuot emon itselles,"You bring the mother for yourself,

36Ett tuo meille emoa,But leave us motherless,

37Tukal tuot tuulelle jakajan,You give the wind a cruel share,

38Ahavallan antelian."To the frost-wind, a giver."

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-013109 · Read at SKS ↗

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