Pietähän yxi tuuma

SKVR IV1 479·Tyrö·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Tyrön tienoo]. D. E. D. Europaeus. III 3. 30. 1853.

SKVR textEnglish

1Pietähän yxi tuuma,A single plan is made,

2Yxi tuuma yhtehinen,A unified, shared decision,

32 kaikista parasta:The best of all choices:

4Leikatahan lehmus pitkä,Let the tall linden be cut,

5Punoitahan nuora kierä,Let a coiled rope be woven,

6Nuora kierä ja niverä,A twisted and sturdy rope,

7Millä hiien hirtetähän,With which to hang the hiisi-spirit,

8Vaimon poiko vangoitahanAnd bind the wife's son,

9Tien suille, veräjän puille,At road mouths, by gateposts,

10Aivoin aian kolkkasehen,Right at the fence's corner,

11Mistä kulkee kuningas,Where the king travels,

12Vaeltaa linnan vanhin,The castle's elder walks,

13Linnan aateli ajaa.The castle's lords ride.

14Kuningas kysyttelee:The king inquires:

15"Minkä tähen mies siottu,"For what cause is this man bound,

16Mies siottu, mies niottu,The man bound, the man fettered,

17Poika vaimon vankaeltu?"The wife's son imprisoned?"

18"Tahto niellä nuorta neittä,"He sought to devour the young maiden,

19Niellä nuorta morsianta,To consume the youthful bride,

20Niel hän miehen miekkoinehen,He swallowed men with their swords,

21Heposen satuloinehen,Horses with their saddles,

22Heikon herran valtoinehen,A weak lord with his power,

23Uron umpirautoinehen."A man with his iron-clad greed."

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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