Niin mie laulan liittelen

SKVR IV1 823·Kupanitsa·1859·Collector: Törneroos, A.

In the SKVR edition: [Gubanitsa]. A. Törneroos. n. 80. (149). 1859.

SKVR textEnglish

1Niin mie laulan liittelenThus I sing, I weave together

2Kun vetonen vierettelen,As I spin the little stream,

3Laulan pieleksen pihalle,I sing the edge to the yard,

4Tammen keskitanhualle,To the oak's central clearing,

5Tammehen tasaiset oksat,The oak's even branches,

6Joka oksalle omena,On each branch, an apple,

7Omenalle kulta pyörä,On the apple, a golden wheel,

8Kulta pyörälle käkösen.On the wheel, a cuckoo.

9Kuin käki kukahteloo,As the cuckoo calls,

10Kulta suusta kumppuaa,Gold flows from its mouth,

11Vaski paralle valuu,Copper streams alongside,

12Kultasehen kuppisehen,Into the golden cup,

13Vaskisehen vakkasehen.Into the copper vessel.

14Kerin virteni kerälle,I gather my songs into a heap,

15Sovittelen sommelolle,Arrange them into a basket,

16Panen aitan parven päälle,Place them on the storehouse loft,

17Kust ei pääse päivinään,Where none reach by daylight,

18Selviä sinä ikänään,Nor retrieve in your lifetime,

19Ilman luien lousumatta,Without bones breaking,

20Leukojen levittämättä,Without jaws parting,

21Kielen keikelehtämättä.Without the tongue wagging.

22Herännemmä, heittänemmä,Let us wake, let us cast,

23Luonemma, lopettanemma!Let us finish, let us end!

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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 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.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.