Velloin vennoisen seppoi

SKVR IV2 2033·Kaprio·1881·Collector: Porkka, Volmari

In the SKVR edition: Hevaa, Tönttölä. Volmari Porkka. I 227. 1881-83. Paroi Sakun nainen Hevaalta.

SKVR textEnglish

1Velloin vennoisen seppoi,The smith forged the brother's [ship],

2Laivoin seppä laglueen,The ship-smith shaped the keel,

3Vesti hiekoilla vennooja,He smoothed the builder with sands,

4Somerilla suoritteli,With gravel he perfected it,

5Kervehellä kultaisella,With a golden curved blade,

6Hopeaisella terällä,With a silver-edged blade,

7Vaskisella vartuella.With a copper handle.

8Iski kerran, syntyi laita,He struck once – a side was born,

9Toisen kerran, toine laita,Struck twice – the other side,

10Kolmannen, koko vennoin;Third strike – the whole ship;

11Venoi syntyi vestämätäk,The ship was born unadorned,

12Laivoi lassuun lohkimatak.The ship to be carved for the waves.

13Tuo venoi monitappain,That ship, with many pegs,

14Laivoi kolmikieloilliin,The ship with three keels,

15Pyrki viemätä vesilen,Sought to carry the watercraft,

16Ajamatak allon päälen.To drive it atop the waves.

17Ei oo viejäistä vennoisen,No one to steer the brother's [ship],

18Ei oo laivoin laskijaista.No one to launch the ship.

19Oli miula ainoi velloi,I had but one brother,

20Ainoi velloi, kudroitukkoi,My only brother, my shuttle,

21Syötelty i juoteltu,Fed and watered,

22Piirakkaisilla pielty,Nurtured with pies,

23Kalatsuilla kasvateltu.Raised with fish stews.

24Pyhät syönt pyyn lihutta,Sacred meals of squirrel meat,

25Aret tedroin ammukkia;Rare capercaillie calls;

26Kons ei voint voita syyä,When he couldn't eat enough,

27Silloin söi sian lihutta.Then he ate pig's meat.

28Niin vei vennoisen vesilen,So he took the brother's craft,

29Laski laivoin lainehilen,Launched the ship on the ripples,

30Soljumaan sotivenneehen.To row into the war-vessel's wake.

31Pani nuoret soutamaan,He set the young to row,

32Vanhat päältä katsomaan;The elders to watch from above;

33Nuoret sousiit, airot notkuit.The young rowed, oars bent.

34Pani vanhat soutamaan,He set the elders to row,

35Nuoret päältä katsomaan;The young to watch from above;

36Vanhat sousiit, niin allot noisiit.The elders rowed, waves surged.

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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