Antrei utala poika

SKVR IV1 489·Tyrö·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Tyrön tienoo]. D. E. D. Europaeus. III 3. 40. 1853.

Song types: Mehiläinen viestinviejänä, Miehentappajaneito

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1Antrei utala poika,Antero of Utala's son,

2Ylimäisen miehen poikaThe man of Ylimäinen's son,

3Kauvan soitti kanteloilla,Long played the kantele,

4Viikon viimoi pillilöillä,For a week on the last pipes,

5Väkeä nukuttelee,Lulls the folk to sleep,

6Rahvokaista raukasee.Wears out the people.

7Akat nurmelle nukutti,Old women to the meadow he lulled,

8Miehet vaivutti vaolle,Men he wearied onto the path,

9Pojat puolakankahille,Boys to the half-heath,

10Tytöt mantsikkamäelle,Girls to the strawberry hill,

11Itse kaalo Kaisoin luokse.Himself strode to Kaiso's side.

12Tuo Kaiso kavala neito,That Kaiso, cunning maiden,

13Kaiso makas kammarissaKaiso lay in the chamber

149 lukun takana,Behind the lock,

15Takasalpa kymmenettä.The tenth rear bolt.

16Antero Ylimön poikaAntero Ylimö's son

17Löi tuo usta polvillaan,Struck the door with his knees,

18Kapahuiti kannallaan:Kicked with his heel:

19Jo helähti helmilukko,The jeweled lock clanged,

20Luulukko lumahteliise,The bone lock yielded,

21Takasalpa taittu poikki.The rear bolt snapped apart.

22Tuo Kaisu kavala neitoThat Kaisu, cunning maiden,

23Veti veitsen vuotehelta,Drew a knife from the bed,

24Rauan sängystä rapasi,Iron [blade] from the bed she seized,

25Syrjäsi syänalahan,Thrust into the heart's depth,

26Ala maxojen asetti.Set it below the livers.

27Läikähti lähe punanenA red [stain] splashed near,

28Kahen puolen Kaison sängyn.On both sides of Kaiso's bed.

29Mehiläinen mielo lintu,The bee, dear bird,

30Tuo vei siitt emolle viestinBore a message from there to mother,

31Sekä saatteli isolle.And delivered to father.

32Emoi vasten vastaeli:The mother answered in return:

33"Voi miun Kaisa tyttäreni,"Alas, my Kaisa daughter,

34Jo teit sie tuhoa työtä,You have done ruinous work,

35Jo tuhoa, jo pahoa!"Ruin, and evil!"

36Kaiso vasten vastaeli:Kaiso answered in return:

37"En tehnt mie tuhoa työtä,"I did no ruinous work,

38En tuhoa, en pahoa,No ruin, no evil,

39Päästin päältäni häpeän,I freed myself from shame,

40Sisoiltani silmät kaivon,From my sisters' eyes I dug,

41Velloltani vertauksen."From my brother, a comparison."

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-012158 · Read at SKS ↗

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