Punokaamme nuorakerä

SKVR IV1 1444·Kaprio·1861·Collector: Groundström, Oskar

In the SKVR edition: Hevaa, Tönttölä. O. Groundstroem. n. 106. 1861.

SKVR textEnglish

Käärmeenpuremaan [ruots.]:

1Punokaamme nuorakerä,Let us braid the coiled rope,

2Nuorakerä ja lakeaCoiled rope and smooth,

3Leikatkaamme leimus pitkä,Let us cut a long mark,

4Leimus pitkä ja leveä,Long mark and wide,

5Mihi Hyrköi hirtetään,Where Hyrkö is hanged,

6Vaimon tyttö vangataanThe wife's girl is captured,

7Tiehen sivu verähän päihen,Beside the road to the gate's head,

8Aivon aijan kolkkaseen.Into time's mindful hollow.

9Lohikärme loi kivelle,The sea-dragon laid on stone,

10Hauki rannalle rapaisi:The pike splashed ashore:

11En mie nuole neittä nuortaI won't harm the young maid,

12Enkä nuorta morsianta,Nor the youthful bride,

13Nuolen mie miehen miekkoine,I'll shoot men with swords,

14Uron umpiskenkine,Heroes with their boots,

15Hepoisen satuloine.Steeds with their saddles.

16Morsian pojon teköö,The bride makes a son,

17Kaksi lasta kasvattaa,Raises two children,

18Kolmet korotteloo.Three to be exalted.

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.

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