Voi vävy, sisoin sulhain
In the SKVR edition: Hevaa, Tönttölä. O. Groundstroem. n. 122. 1861.
SKVR textEnglish
1Voi vävy, sisoin sulhain,Oh son-in-law, beloved groom,
2Sison viejä verkka viitta,Taker of the fine cloak and cape,
3Sison saaja saapasjalka,Receiver with booted feet,
4Sison ottaja omena!Acceptor of the apple (bride)!
5Äläk meien siskojaniDo not harm our sisters,
6Vihaele viitatoint,Do not scorn the cloakless,
7Vaivaelle vaipatosta,Torment not the coatless,
8Soletustak soimmatelek!Nor chide with reproaches!
9Älä kalja kaatiast,Do not pour beer from the keg,
10Äläk paijoist parisek,Complain not of shirts,
11Äläk räisy uuttiloist!Nor splash from new vessels!
12Ei olt meien siskollani,Our sister had no [fault],
13Olt ej pienel pellovast,Not from a meager field,
14Laps ej lammast kerint.Nor did she herd sheep.
15Ku kylvät kyllä pellovast,When you sowed the field well,
16Piet karjan lampahia,Tended the flock of sheep,
17Siit sie kalju kaatiast,Then you drew beer,
18Siit sie paijoist parisek.Then complained of shirts.
19Meien sisko työn tekiä,Our sister is a worker,
20Työn tekiä, vyön kutoja,A worker, belt-weaver,
21Pitän torven torkuttaja.Long-pipe rocker [hearth keeper].
22Sie vävö sison sulhain,You, son-in-law, the groom,
23Älä meien siskojani,Do not harm our sister,
24Älä meien emon last,Nor our mother’s child,
25Äläk utsi uulitsall,Do not shout in the street,
26Älä pieksä parmahall,Nor beat on the floor,
27Tappele älä taloin välin!Brawl not between homes!
28Kuin utsit uulitsallIf you shout in the street,
29Ja sie piekset permahall,And strike the ground,
30Kylän kyntäjät näkööt,The village plowmen will see,
31Astuvoijat arveloot.Onlookers will judge.
32Tuossa neuvo neitojaist,Here’s advice for the maiden:
33Sano saunas salain,Whisper in the sauna’s secrecy,
34Neuvo neljen nurkkasest.Counsel from four corners.
35Ku ej tuota tottelek,If this is not heeded,
36Olki varreks valele,Pour straw as a rod,
37Sulkku siimaks sijook.Set a feather as a string.
38Kuo ej tuota tottelek,If this is not heeded,
39Siit ku liikut linnateitä,When you walk town roads,
40Osta ruoska anna rupla,Buy a whip, give a ruble,
41Tuolla neuvo neitojas,There advise the maiden,
42Opasta omenuttas!Guide your little apple [bride]!
43Sie vävö sison sulhain?You, son-in-law, the groom—
44Kuin piet hyvän tapais.If you keep good ways,
45Pi et kuulun kunnias,Your honor will be known,
46Ku mää neitosen kotiis,When I bring the maiden home,
47Morsiammen moisioon,To the bride’s estate,
48Hos ett käymään käkii,So the cuckoo comes,
49Toki tiesi tempajaa,Surely knowing the way,
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51Kysy heiniä heposel,Ask hay for the horse,
52Kakra kappa kannetaan,Oats by measure are brought,
53Kysyt vettä juovakses,Ask water to drink,
54Taari kappa kannetaan.Tar by measure is brought.
55Kuin piet pahan tavan,If you keep bad habits,
56Kuin piet kurjan kunjais,If you keep wretched ways,
57Hot ej käymään käkii,The cuckoo will not come,
58Toki tiesi tempajaa,Surely knowing the way,
59Män etc.Go, etc.
60V- - -[Fragment]
61Siit tuet läpsynä liaks,Then you’ll get a slapped cheek,
62Kokkoi äjäis kotiin,Eagles in the home’s corners,
63Piet pahan tapais,Kept in evil ways,
64Kysyt heiniä heposell,You’ll ask hay for the horse,
65Olkitukku tuisahtaan,A straw bundle ignites,
66Yli aijan annetaan;*Given over time;*
67Kyysyt taaria talost,You’ll seek tar from the house,
68Vesikappa kannetaan.A water measure is brought.
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-013128 · Read at SKS ↗
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