Meroi meijen ikkunalla
In the SKVR edition: Hevaa, Tönttölä. Volmari Porkka. I 424. 1881-83. Oppoi Vepsästä.
SKVR textEnglish
1Meroi meijen ikkunalla.Seas at our window.
2Mikä uipi meroissa?What swims in the seas?
3Sotkoi tuo meroissa uipi.That goldeneye swims in the seas.
4Mikä sotkoin siiven alla?What is under the goldeneye's wing?
5Kätkyt sotkoin siiven alla.A cradle under the goldeneye's wing.
6Mikä on kätkyen sisässä?What is inside the cradle?
7Poikoi kätkyen sisässä.Chicks inside the cradle.
8Mitä poikoi tekköö:What do the chicks do:
9Kirjoikantta kirjuttaa.They embroider a patterned cover.
10Mikä kirjokannen alla?What is under the decorated cover?
11Neitoi kirjoikannen alla.Maidens under the decorated cover.
12Mitä neitoi tekköö?What do the maidens do?
13Kultoikangasta kuttoo,They weave golden fabric,
14Hopeaista helkyttää.make silver clink.
15Taittui yksi kultoilankoi,One golden thread snapped,
16Helähtyi hoppealankoi,the silver thread rang out.
17Neitoi täytyi itkömään.The maidens had to weep.
18Neitoi itki, kyynel vieriThe maidens wept, a tear flowed
19Sinisillen silmäluille,to the blue eyelids,
20Punaisillen poskipäillen;to the red cheeks;
21Punaisilta poskipäiltäFrom the red cheeks
22Ripeillen rintaluillen;to the swift breastbones;
23Ripeiltä rintaluiltaFrom the swift breastbones
24Suurellen solellen,to the great path,
25Korkeoillen kottiloillen;to the high vessels;
26Korkeoilta kottiloiltaFrom the high vessels
27Sulkkuvarsillen sukillen.to the feather-stems, to the combs.
28En tiiä itsekää,I myself don’t know either,
29Laulan nyt surruisen verren,I sing now a sorrowful measure,
30Niinkuin laulan surruisen verrenJust as I sing a sorrowful measure
31Surullisen suuta myöten.according to the sorrowful mouth.
32Ku laulan verren suruisen,When I sing a sorrowful measure,
33Viikon itet versiään,A week’s weeping sprouted,
34Kuukavven sanaisiaan.A month’s words.
35Va issoisen laulan?Or should I sing a long one?
36Kun laulan issoisen,If I sing a long one,
37Viikoin nagrat virsiään,Weeks sang their songs,
38Kuukavven sanaisiaan.A month’s words.
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-013900 · Read at SKS ↗
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