Läksin laiska laukomahan

SKVR IV1 237·Hietamäki·1848·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Nuolij. - Liissilä]. D. E. D. Europaeus. III 2. 134. 1848.

SKVR textEnglish

1Läksin laiska laukomahanI set off leisurely to row,

2Sekä sorja soutamahanand elegantly to paddle.

3Vasten tuulta, vasten vettä,Against the wind, against the water,

4Vasten virtaa vihaista.against the wrathful current.

5Sousin puolelle meroa,I rowed to the sea's edge,

6Puuttu laiva vastahani.a ship met me head-on.

7Kysyin laivan vanhimmalta:I asked the ship's eldest:

8"Onkos laivassa omani,"Is my own aboard this ship,

9Venehessä verraistani?"my equal in this vessel?"

10Laivon vanhin vastaeli:The ship's elder replied:

11"Ei oo laivassa omaasi,"Your own is not aboard,

12Venehessä ei verraistasi."nor your equal in this boat."

13Sousin Suomen rantuelle;I rowed to Finland's shore;

14Suomen neiot sotkemassa.Finland's maidens were washing.

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16Suomen neiot vastasivat:Finland's maidens answered:

17"Ei oo Suomessa omasi,"Your own is not in Finland,

18Suomen maalla verraistasi."nor your equal in this land."

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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