Iivana Kojosen poika

SKVR IV1 247·Hietamäki·1848·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Nuolij. - Liissilä]. D. E. D. Europaeus. III 2. 143. 1848.

SKVR textEnglish

1Iivana Kojosen poika,Iivana, son of Kojo

2Itse Iivana KojonenHimself, Iivana Kojonen

3Mäni tuonelta tytärtä,Went to ask Tuoni for a daughter,

4Maanalalta marjukaista;From the underworld's little berry-maiden;

5Tuoni aitassa asuupi,Tuoni dwells in the granary,

6Tuonen ämmä rappuloilla.Tuoni's crone on the stairs.

7"Annats, ämmä, tyttöäsi,"Will you give your daughter, crone,

8Maanalainen, marjuttaisi?"Underworlder, surrender the berry-maid?"

9"Teetkös sie miun työni,"Will you do my labor,

10Pingot meien pitkä peltoFence our long field

11Neulojen neniä myöten,Along needles' sharp tips,

12Kassarin teriä myöten,Along sickle's edges,

13Kirvehen kasoja myöten."Along axe-split woodchips."

14"Otan tuonki tehäkseni,"I'll take even that as my task,

15Ennenku ilman ollakseni."Before I remain without her."

16Tuonen ämmä vastaeli:Tuoni's crone replied:

17"Teetkös sie munahan solmun,"Will you tie an egg-knot,

18Punot nuoran rummenista,Plait rope from a drum's parts,

19Akanasta pään alotat?"Begin from chaff's tail-end?"

20"Otan tuonki tehäkseni.""I'll take even that as my task."

21"Kylvet sie tulisen saunan"Will you bathe in a fiery sauna

22Tulisilla lautasilla?"On blazing wooden planks?"

23"Otan tuonki tehäkseni,"I'll take even that as my task,

24Tykelä on tytöttä olla.Hard it is to lack a maiden.

25Paha paian sotkijatta,Worse to lack a laundress,

26Paha on paritta olla,Worse to lack a partner,

27Kurja ilman kumppalitta."Wretched without a companion."

28"Sytytä tupa tulelle,"Set the house ablaze,

29Itse istu räystähällä!"Sit yourself on the roof's edge!"

30Otti tuonki tehäksensäHe took even that as his task,

31Ennenku ilman ollaksensa.Before remaining without her.

32Sytytti tuvan tulelle,He lit the house afire,

33Muu tupa tulella kaikka,The whole house burned bright,

34Se nurkka vetenä vieri.One corner flowed like water.

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.

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