Paremp on paha anoppi

SKVR IV1 1457·Kaprio·1861·Collector: Groundström, Oskar

In the SKVR edition: Hevaa, Tönttölä. O. Groundstroem. n. 119. 1861.

Song types: Jauhaja neito, miniä, Juomarin kuvaus, Parempi paha anoppi kuin juomari senihka

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Jos senihka on juomari:

1Paremp on paha anoppiA bad mother-in-law is better

2Kuin juomari senihka.Than a drunkard *senihka*.

3Kuin on paha anoppi,When there's a bad mother-in-law,

4Otti kuiveet kiukahast,She took tools from the hearth,

5Siil siegloi sieputteli,The hedgehog shuffled, gathered scraps,

6Vei kivoi kotaan,Took stones into the house,

7Vei honga hummarellen,Carried the pine branch to storage,

8Pani minnoi jauhamaan.Set the flour to grinding.

9Minnoi jauhoi jaarotteli,The flour sifted the grains,

10Kivi puu käkönä kukku,The stone-wood clucked like a cuckoo,

11Siili lauloi siukusena,The hedgehog sang merrily,

12Jauhoja vettoja vieri.Flour-streams flowed.

13Tuo ankara anoppiThat harsh mother-in-law

14Meni kiivi kotahan,Went swiftly home,

15Meni honga hummarella,Went to the pine-storage place,

16Pisti jauhoihin käteen:Thrust her hand into the flour:

17Surrat sukka suurimoihin,Darned socks into grits,

18Laset laiskan lastimoihin,Glasses for the lazy one's sloth,

19Kuin ois hyvä senihka,If she were a good *senihka*,

20Tempasi tupesta tuiman,She grabbed a tough one from the sheath,

21Pahan parkinahkasest,From the wretched leather pouch,

22Meni aittahan määelle,Went to the granary's edge,

23Löi usta nyrkyllä,Struck the door with her fist,

24Kamahutti kannoilla,Slammed it with her heels,

25Esilukku eest pakeni,The front lock fled away,

26Takalukku taitteliis,The back lock shattered,

27Helähti helmilukkuThe pearl-lock jingled,

28Kuin Tukhulmin tunnikello,Like Tukhulmi's hour-bell,

29Esilukku eest pakeni,The front lock fled away,

30Takalukku taitteliis,The back lock shattered,

31Munalukku murteliis.The egg-lock crumbled.

32Kuin oli hyvä senihka,When she was a good *senihka*,

33Veti pytkyn vehnikost,She pulled a batch from the wheat,

34Rutiais rukehikkost,Rye from the rye-field,

35Päälle voisi lehmän voille,Spread cow's butter atop,

36Vei tuon neitosen kääteen:Brought it to the maiden's hands:

37Jauha jauhot hienommaks,"Grind the flour finer,

38Kun ej saatana sanois,Than Satan himself could say,

39Vanha vetma vertaelis,The old slacker would compare,

40Pakana panettelis!The heathen would slander!"

41Kuin on juomari senihka;When it's a drunkard *senihka*;

42Kuin tuo juomast tulloo,When he comes from drinking,

43Niin se riuku riihen luona,He stumbles by the barn,

44Kaljahti katoksen luona:Reels by the shelter:

45"Riisu, huorra, rinnuksen,"Strip, wretch, your bodice,

46Vyötä, vetma, vempelen,Tie, slacker, your apron,

47Laiska, aisan alennak!"Lazy one, lower the yoke!"

48Senpä tuopi neiollen,This he brings to the maidens,

49Neiollehen tuomusiks,As judgment for the maiden,

50Tuopi vitsat alla viitan,Brings rods under his cloak,

51Patukkaiset alla paijanCudgels under his shirt,

52Meien neiell tuomusiks.For our maiden's judgment.

53Vaimo parka huokajaa,The poor wife sighs,

54Oron laati laatuisast,Tended the ox from its state,

55Riisu vempelen,Removed the apron,

56No i aisat alensi,And lowered the yoke,

57Riisu rinnuksen,Removed the bodice,

58Vei oron kultasoimehen,Took the ox's golden collar,

59Päältä soimen pani heinät.Spread hay over the collar,

60Alta soimen anto kakrat.Gave chaff beneath it.

61Meni tuimana tapaan;Went dazed to the sauna;

62Savvun meni salvon sisään.Entered the soot-blackened beam.

63Tuo juomari senihka,That drunkard *senihka*,

64Tuo roimi ruoskalla,The brute with a whip,

65Vitsalla vingutteli.Lashed with the rod.

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.

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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-013126 · Read at SKS ↗

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