Seppo Köyrytyn emäntä

SKVR IV1 838·Kaprio·1859·Collector: Törneroos, A.

In the SKVR edition: [Kaprio-Tyrö?]. A. Törneroos. n. 95 b. 1859.

SKVR textEnglish

1Seppo Köyrytyn emäntäThe mistress of Seppo Köyrytty

2Kiven leipo leipähään,Bake the stone into bread,

3Paaen paino kaakkuhun,Pressed the pan into a cake,

4Ala kaurosen asetti,Set barley beneath,

5Päälle vehnäsen venytti,Stretched wheat atop,

6Pani paimenen poveen.Placed the shepherd in her bosom.

7Ajo karjan kartanolta,Drove cattle from the farmstead,

8Ajo peltoin perille,Drove to the fields' end,

9Peräpellon pientarille.To the back field's tiny yard.

10Paimen istui kivelleThe shepherd sat on a stone,

11Kaakkujaisen katsomaan,To gaze at the little cake,

12Veti veiteesen kiveen,Pulled a knife into the stone,

13Karahutti kalliohonClanged it against the rock,

14Kaakkuansa leikatessa.While slicing his cake.

15Paimen suuttui ja vihastui,The shepherd fumed and raged,

16Syötti karjan kontiolla,Fed the cattle with a bear's paw,

17Ajo kontiot kotiin,Drove bears home,

18Karhut kirjoi kartanolle.Bears striped the farmstead.

19Noin tuo neuvo karhujaisen:Thus she advised the little bear:

20"Tulloo muori lypsämään,"Let the old woman come to milk,

21Repäse emännän reisi!"Tear the mistress's thigh!"

22Tarttu karhu kantapäähän,The bear seized her heel,

23Repäsemähän reien.To tear apart her thigh.

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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