Velloin vennoisen seppoi

SKVR IV2 2032·Serepetta·1881·Collector: Porkka, Volmari

In the SKVR edition: Medussi, Ruitsa. Volmari Porkka. I 226. 1881-83. Naastoi-eukko Tönttölästä Hevaan seurakuntaa.

Song types: Laivaretki, Purren itku, Veneenveisto

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1Velloin vennoisen seppoi,The brotherly smith forged the little boat,

2Laivoin seppoi laglueen,The smith of ships in Laglue,

3Vesti hiekoilla vennoisen,He worked the little boat on the sands,

4Someroilla suoritteli,Smoothed it on gravel beds,

5Kirvehellä kultaisella,With a golden axe,

6Vaskisella vartuella,A copper handle,

7Terällä hopiaisella.A silver blade.

8Iski kerroin, syntyi laitoi,He struck once – sides were born,

9Toisen kerroin, toinen laitoi,Struck twice – another side,

10Kolmanneell koko vennoin;Third strike – the whole boat.

11Vene syntyi vestämätäk,The boat was born unsteered,

12Laivoi lassun pilkkoimatak.Ships with unsplit timbers.

13Laivoi kieloilen panneeli,He set the keels of ships,

14Läkinöilen luotteliis:Trusted the patched planks:

15"Muut venoit vessiiä kävvät,"Others' boats go to waters,

16Kävvät vessiiä, saavvat rahhaa,Go to waters, fetch silver,

17Miä oon laivoi laastullaan,But I keep ships in their glory,

18Venoi vessännäkillään."Boats in their own fashion."

19Kuka viejäin vennoisen,Who will bring the little boat,

20Kuka laivoin laskijain?Who will launch the ships?

21Oli miulla ainoi velloi,I had one brother,

22Ainoi velloi, kudroi tukkoi,One brother, curly-locked,

23Syöteltyin, juoteltuin,Fed and watered,

24Kalatsuilla kasvatettu,Raised on fish,

25Piirakoilla pielty.Accustomed to pies.

26Tuo on viejäin vennoisen,That one brings the little boat,

27Se on laivoin laskijain.He launches the ships.

28Laitti laivoisen meroilleHe set the ship to seas,

29Kuiten kuilasta saroille,From abyss to shallows,

30Laitti laivoin väkkeäHe placed the ship's crew

31Kuin lyhettä kuilahasse.Like a log into a pit.

32Pani puolet laivuttaanHalf his crew he placed –

33Tinavöitä piipijoja,Tin-belted pipers,

34Sukapäitä sulholoi;Hooded grooms;

35Toisen puolen laivuttaanThe other half –

36Vanhoja tutilahhia.Old codfish-like men.

37Pani vanhat soutamaan;He made the old ones row;

38Vanhat sousiit, päät vapisiitThe old rowed, heads shook,

39Hyppiit harmahat hyppeenet.Graybeards leapt about.

40Pani nuoret soutamaan,He made the young row,

41Vanhat päältä katsomaan;The old watched from above;

42Nuoret sousiit, airot notkuit,The young rowed, oars bent,

43Vesi kiehui keltannaan,Water boiled yellow,

44Vaaksi pallonna pakkeeni.The ship rolled like a ball.

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.

Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-013701 · Read at SKS ↗

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