Mikkäli päin töö tulitta?

SKVR IV2 1802·Kaprio·1877·Collector: Borenius, A. A.

In the SKVR edition: Hevaa. A. A. Borenius. n. 155. 1877. Maura.

SKVR textEnglish

1Mikkäli päin töö tulitta?"Toward Mikkeli did you come to work?"

2Kuka teillen teetä näytti,"Who showed you the path?"

3Sika teille teetä näytti,"A pig showed you the way,"

4Porsas porttii avvaisi?"a piglet opened the gate?"

5Pelloll oli oluven kartu,"On the field was beer’s tale,"

6Viinan kartu vihnitsalla,"liquor’s tale at Vihnitsa."

7Siintä tunsin siintä tiesin."From there I sensed, from there I knew."

8Suuri kiitos lankoillennek,"Great thanks to your in-laws,"

9Suuri kiitos, kost jumala!"great thanks, as to God!"

10Otti suitsenne sullaan,"Took your reins into embrace,"

11Länkyenne lämmähänne."your warmth brought near."

12Kull on kystä syyäksennek,"Dear one, there’s cause to ask your reasons,"

13Palanutta purraksennek"your bites of burnt things,"

14Metsän mielövän seläll."on the back of the forest’s intent."

15Mitä on saatu, mitä on tootu,"What’s been received, what’s been brought,"

16Mitä on pantu päin pattaan,"what’s been put into the pot,"

17Kapalehin kattilaan."pieces into the cauldron."

18Terät veerit veistänne,"Blades, edges you carved,"

19Päät kulluit kuraksistannek"heads gilded from your mud-heaps,"

20Havven päitä halkoeissa,"aspen heads in split wood,"

21Lohen päitä lohkoheiss."salmon heads in pieces."

22Suuri kiitos lankoillennek,"Great thanks to your in-laws,"

23Suuri kiitos, kost jumala!"great thanks, as to God!"

24Tunsin tulla, tuns ollak,"I felt arrival, I felt being,"

25En tunnek pois paetak,"I feel no urge to flee,"

26Söimmä söömät, joimma joomat,"We ate the foods, drank the drinks,"

27Söimmä leivät kannikoillen,"ate breads into the bowls,"

28Joimma hiivoillen olluet."drank beers to the yeasts."

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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