3 neittä teetä käypi

SKVR IV1 602·Kaprio·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Kaprio, Koporkka]. D. E. D. Europaeus. III 3. 154. 1853.

SKVR textEnglish

13 neittä teetä käypi,Maidens walk the path,

2Käyviit teetä terhollista,They trod the acorn-strewn path,

3Maata maxan karvallista,Over land paid for with toil,

4Sukassa sinertävässä,In a bluish garment,

5Kaputissa kirjavassa.In a motley coat.

6Saoi nuurin siskoloistaThe youngest of the sisters asked

7Vanhoille sisarillehen:To the elder sisters:

8"Kuhun terhoi pantanehe"Where were the acorns placed

9Ja kuhun kuvattanehe?"And where were they arranged?"

10Saoi vanhin siskoloistaThe eldest of the sisters replied

11Noorille sisarillehen:To the younger sister:

12"Viekäämme kenolle maalle,"Let us take them to Karelian land,

13Kannelkaame kaskimaalle,To the cleared slash-and-burn field,

14Siitt veekää vitelikolle!"Then lead them to Vitelikko!"

15Siit kasvoi tassainen tammi,There grew a steadfast oak,

16Tammehe tassaiset oxat,To the oak, steadfast branches,

17Moni oxa onnepuinen,Many a branch of aspen,

18Moni varpa vaaherpuinen,Many a twig of maple,

19Moni oksalle ommena,Many an apple on the branch,

20Moni puulle päähkinäinen.Many a nut on the tree.

21Ei oo tammen taittajaa,There is no oak-feller,

22Puun pitän pirottajaista.No tree-splitter to be found.

23Kasvoi miulle kaunoi vello,For me grew a fair brother,

24Sööteltyinen, jooteltuinen,Nurtured and nourished,

25Piirakkaisilla pietty,Kept with pies,

26Kalatsuilla kasvatettu.Raised with fish.

27Joutui tammen taittajaxi,He became the oak-feller,

28Puun pit'än pirottajaksi,The tall tree-splitter,

29Tyven vesti tynnyriksi,The trunk base he shaped into a barrel,

30Latvan laivoiksi rakensi,The crown he built into ships,

31Väärät oxat värttänäksi,Crooked branches into spindles,

32Kannuiksi koverat oxat,Hollowed branches into jugs,

33Pikariksi peenet oxat.Slender branches into goblets.

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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