Miä tyttö pikkarainen
In the SKVR edition: [Tyrö, Harjavalta]. D. E. D. Europaeus. III 3. 133. 1853.
SKVR textEnglish
1Miä tyttö pikkarainen,I, a little girl,
2Imetti emo minua,Mother nursed me,
3Imetti, siotti päätäNursed, tended my head,
4Alta 6-en kultamarkan,Beneath the golden mark,
5Solen 7 seasta,From the gut's midst,
6Alta kierän kiertehyen.Under the coiled spiral.
7Kasvoit miulle hienot hiukset,You grew me fine hair,
8Valkeat valaissut hiukset.Hair bright and white.
9Ei voi suka sukia,No comb can comb it,
10Sian harja harjaella.A pig-bristle brush to brush.
11Mäni velloni Virohon,My brother went to Estonia,
12Setoini sukamäelle.To Seto's Comb Hill.
13Tuli velloni Viroista,My brother came from Estonia,
14Setoini sukamäeltä,From Seto's Comb Hill,
15Vello toi suan sulean,Brother brought a pig's bristle,
16Setä toi harjan hienokkaisen,Uncle brought a fine brush,
17Antoi miulle pienoselle,Gave to me, the small one,
18Miulle pienolle tytölle.To me, the little girl.
19Mie olin tyttö pikkarainen,I was a little girl,
20Kesenkasvoinen kanainenA summer-faced chick.
21Menin rannoille meroille,I went to sea shores,
22Rannoille liki vetoa,To shores near the current,
23Liki vettä valkiaista,Close to bright water,
24Etsin kirjavan kivosen,I sought a patterned stone,
25Etsin paaen paistavaisen.I sought a gleaming slab.
26Löysin kirjavan kivosen,I found a patterned stone,
27Löysin paaen paistavaisen,I found a gleaming slab,
28Istuisin meroin kivelle,I sat on the sea's stone,
29Päälle paaen paistavaisen.Upon the gleaming slab.
30Aloin päätäni sukia,I began to comb my hair,
31Huolellista harjaella,To brush with care,
32Sujahti sukoi merehen,The comb slipped into the sea,
33Täinen lauta lainehesen.This slab into the waves.
34Mie tyttö pikkarainenI, the little girl,
35Täyvyttäisin ottamahan,Resolved to retrieve it,
36Katsahtaisin katsomahan,Peered to look,
37Sujahin suan jälestä,Slid after the comb,
38Mänin vyöstäni vetohon,Into the current from my belt,
39Kaulastani kalamerehen.From my neck into the fish-sea.
40Tarttui miekka helmahaini,A sword caught my sleeve,
41Miekan kannin kaglahaini,Its hilt to my oarlock,
42Miekan heltut helmihini.Its hilt to my pearls.
43Mie tyttö pikkarainen,I, the little girl,
44Mie miekan maalle kannoin,Carried the sword to land,
45Ilmoittelin veljillein,Told my brothers,
46Kuuloitin sisärilleiniInformed my sisters-in-law:
47Kelle miekka, kulle miekka,For whom the sword, for whom?
48Kelle miekka kelpajaa,For whom does it suit,
49Kenen reielle pätee?Whose path does it fit?
50Velloin vyölle kelpajaa,It suits brother's belt,
51Vellon reielle pätee.Fits brother's path.
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-012250 · Read at SKS ↗
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