Kolkutin kotoisen usta
In the SKVR edition: [Kaprio-Tyrö?]. A. Törneroos. n. 101. 1859.
SKVR textEnglish
1Kolkutin kotoisen usta,I knocked on the home's threshold,
2Rämähytin räystäspuuta.I banged the eaves-beam loudly.
3Tuolta neitonen sirahtiFrom there, the maiden slipped forth,
4Huttukattila käessä,A rough kettle in her hand,
5Voi patanen kämmenellä.Oh, the little pot on her palm!
6Siihen pisti piirakkansaInto it she placed her pie,
7Sekä kasto kakkuansa.And her dipped cake as well.
8Varas katso varvikosta,Thief, peer from the thicket,
9Mies vihanen vitsikosta,Angry man from the bushes,
10Vei miun paitani pajusta,Took my shirt from the willow,
11Hameheni haapaselta,My skirt from the aspen,
12Sukkani sulalta maalta,My sock from bare ground,
13Kenkäin kesokiveltä,My shoes from the meadow-stone,
14Helmet hiekkarantuvelta.My pearls from the sandy shore.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-012513 · Read at SKS ↗
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