Isäntäni, voariseni

SKVR IV1 780·Kupanitsa·1859·Collector: Törneroos, A.

In the SKVR edition: [Gubanitsa]. A. Törneroos. n. 37. (187 b). 1859.

SKVR textEnglish

1Isäntäni, voariseni,My master, my mountain-companion,

2Emäntäni, muoriseni,My mistress, my elder matron,

3Kutrutukka kuomasein,Curly-haired one of the shelter-wall,

4Valkonen vaterisein!Whitish divider-wall!

5Kysytellen miun tulee:Asking, I must come:

6Antele tätä tupaista,Grant this house-space,

7Lainaele lattiaistaLend the floor-area,

8Meiän leikkii lyöksemme,For our games to strike,

9Tantsut tallaellaksemme!For dances to trample!

10Laulan mie siulle,I sing to you,

11Isännälle uuen turkin,To the master a new coat,

12Emännän perä leviän.To the mistress a spreading hearth.

13Kun et antele tuvaista,If you don't grant the house-space,

14Lainaele lattiaistaLend the floor-area,

15Meiän leikkii lyöksemme,For our games to strike,

16Tantsut tallaellaksemme,For dances to trample,

17Viemme pellolle tupasi,We'll take your house to the field,

18Kannan suolle kartanosi.Carry your manor to the swamp.

19Siit mie tantsit tanhualla,Then I dance on the threshing floor,

20Keikun keskipermannolla,Sway on the central field,

21Siit ei pää lakehen koske,There, heads won't reach the ceiling,

22Jalat sillan liitoksiin.Feet to the bridge's joints.

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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.

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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