Anterus Ylimön poika

SKVR IV1 68·Venjoki·1847·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Venjoki]. D. E. D. Europaeus. J 428. 1847.

SKVR textEnglish

1Anterus Ylimön poika,Anterus, son of Ylimö,

2Ylimäisen miehen poikaSon of the celestial man,

3Satuloi sata hevosta,Saddled a hundred horses,

4Tuhat jousta jouvuttelenStrung a thousand bows,

5Satoihin satulavöihin,Into hundreds of saddle girths,

6Tuhansihin palkimihinInto thousands of bridle bits,

7Männä Tuonilta tytärtä,To fetch a daughter from Tuoni,

8Maanalalta marjukaista.A berry-maid from underground.

9Ajoi Tuonen tanhualle.He drove to Tuoni's courtyard.

10Tuoni istu ikkunassa,Tuoni sat in the window,

11Tuonen tyttäret tuvassa:Tuoni's daughters in the house:

12Annats nuoita tyttölöitä!Give me those maidens!

13Tuoni vasten vastaeli:Tuoni countered in reply:

14Ei kavulla neion kauppa,A maiden's trade isn't with bits,

15Neion kaupp' on kammarissa,A maiden's trade is in chambers,

16Kavull on hevosen kauppa,Bits are for horse-trading,

17Tamman kauppa tanhualla,A mare's trade in the yard.

18Solmia munasta solmu,Tie a knot from an egg,

19Puno' nuora ruumenista,Spin a rope from chaff,

20Akanoista pää alota,Start a head from bran,

21Siitt oot vasta miun vävyin.Then you'll be my son-in-law.

22Otan tuonki tehäkseni,I'll take that task too,

23Ennenkuin ilman ollakseni.Before being without.

24Juokse meiän pitkät pellot,Run our long fields,

25Käy neulan neniä myöten,Traverse a needle's eye,

26Kirvehen teriä myöten,Along an axe's edge,

27Kassarin kasoja myöten,Through blacksmith's sparks,

28Kylve se tulinen saunaBathe in the fiery sauna

29Rautasilla lautasilla.On iron planks.

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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