Katrina kotikanainen

SKVR IV1 580·Kaprio·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Tyrö, Harjavalta]. D. E. D. Europaeus. III 3. 132. 1853.

Song types: Katrina kotikananen, Päänpesu porolla ja lipeällä, Päätään pesemätön tyttö, Taivaanvalojen kosinta

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1Katrina kotikanainenKatrina, the home-dwelling maiden

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3Kauvan kasvo, viikon viipy,She grew long, lingered a week,

4Kasvoi luona kantajahan,Grew near the bearer's side,

5Ei tuota emo torunutHer mother did not scold that,

6Eikä vellot verrannehet,Nor brothers compared her,

7Ei sisaret soimannehet.Nor sisters reproached her.

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9Toisen parven tuoppiloi,She made a second set of tankards,

10Kolmannen pikariloi,A third of goblets,

11Otti uuet uhluhuiset,Took new wooden vessels,

12Kolkasta vetoikorennan,A handled scoop for drawing,

13Mäni vettä ottamahanShe went to fetch water

14Kaivolta kylän perältä,From the well at the village's end,

15Avannolta autiolta.From the desolate ice-hole.

16Kuuli suen ulvovaisen,Heard the wolf's howling,

17Karhun suuren kaljuvaisen,The great shaggy bear,

18Sinne suuti surmaistansa,Rushed there to meet her death,

19Katsoi ilmi kalmaistansa:Gazed upon her doom:

20"Oh mie tuoalla olisin,"Oh, if I were yonder,

21Tuoalla olettelisinThere I would imagine myself,

22Suen suussa ulvovaisenIn the howling wolf's jaws

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24Ennen kuin elossa tässä!"Before living here!"

25Pääty minno kuulemahan,She ceased to listen,

26Kiljasi kiahan täynnä,Shrieked full of fury,

27Suuhun täynnä suihkahutti:Spat into the full mouth:

28"Hoi, Kati, kotikanainen,"Hoy, Kati, home-dweller,

29Elä sui surmaistasi!Don't succumb to your death!

30Nouse aamusta varahin,Rise early at dawn,

31Paa sie vettä kiukahase,Put water on the stove,

32Tee puisehen poroa,Make wooden mash,

33Avaroihin astioihin!Into spacious vessels!

34Ala päivöin päätä pestä,Begin washing your head by day,

35Iltakuuroin kuivaella,Dry with evening dew,

36Aamupäivöin harjaella!Comb at morning light!

37Siitt alkavat kosjot käyä,Then suitors will come,

38Käyvät kosjat kolmialta,Suitors from three ways,

39Katsojat kaheksialta.Watchers from eight ways.

40Tuukaa tupakkavastat,Bring tobacco pipes,

41Helskää hepoisen rauvat,Warm the horse's irons,

42Yhet kosjot kuuhuelta,Some suitors from the moon,

43Toiset kosjot päivyeltä,Others from the sun,

44Kolmannet perivenasta."Third from the ancestral line."

45Emoi toivoi kuuhuelle,Mother wished to the moon,

46Saisi kuulla käyäksehenTo hear their approach

47Ja oloja juoakseen,And drink at the feasts,

48Hyvät moat syyäkseen.Eat good grounds.

49Isoi toivoi päivyelle,Father wished to the sun,

50Sais päivällä käyäksehen.To have them come by day.

51Veikkoni perivenalle.My brother to the ancestral line.

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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-012249 · Read at SKS ↗

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