Olin yks veikollaain
In the SKVR edition: Tyrö, Kangas. P. Putkonen. n. 18. 1893. Varpu.
SKVR textEnglish
1Olin yks veikollaain,I was alone, as a brother,
2Olin yks, ni maksoin kaks,I was one, yet counted as two,
3Seisoin seitsemän sijas,I stood in seven places,
4Yöt miä öitsiis kävelin,Nights I walked in the nights,
5Päivät karjan katsojaan,Days as the herd's watcher,
6Luulin aitat annettava,I thought the barns would be given,
7Luvattava lukkureunat,The bolted edges to be pledged,
8Kellokaklat kenkättävä.The bell-collars to be fastened.
9Siit tuotii isottu minuiThen greatness was brought to me,
10Isotulle veikolleein,To the grown-up brother,
11Sille aitat annettii,For him, barns were given,
12Luvattii lukkureunat,The bolted edges were pledged,
13Kellokaklat kenkättii,The bell-collars were fastened.
14Miule marjoile ei mittää,For me, no berries measured,
15Isoin kulloile ei kuttaa,For the great one, no gold woven,
16Miä marjoi muile maile,I took berries to other lands,
17Puola muile kankahille,Half to distant heaths,
18Juomukka yli jokkiin.Libations over rivers.
19Vietin siellä viikon päivät,I spent a week's days there,
20Kulutin kuukavven päivät,Wore out a month's days,
21Tuli issooi ikävä,Longing for father arose,
22Halu isän harjahirttä.Desire for father's high hall.
23Pyrin käymää kottii.I strove to go home.
24Kysyin apelt hevoist,Asked in-laws for horses,
25Anopiilt itsejääin,From mother-in-law, self-remained,
26Ky'yltääin rahkehii,Asked kin for harness parts,
27Naoltaain tuomoisii,Neighbors for straps,
28Omaltaain ohjaksii.From my own, reins.
29Anoppi tavoitti avvaaimiil,Mother-in-law met with keys,
30Kyty kyntyrahkehiil,Kin with plow straps,
31Nato nasta-säppäliil,Neighbors with nail-decor,
32Oma koira ohjaksiil.My own dog as reins.
33Vietin vielä viikon päivät,I spent another week's days,
34Kuukavven päivät kulutin,Wore out a month's days,
35Mänin tokki en totellut.I went, though unheeded,
36Ei olhit sitä kivoist,There was nothing pleasant,
37Mitä en itkenyt märäks,That I didn’t weep wet,
38Ei ollut sitä mätäst,No rot untouched,
39Mis en mie pahoja pannut.Where I didn’t place evils.
40Mänin mie issooni kottii.I went to father’s home.
41Vellooin vaimo oli vastassaain,Brother’s wife awaited me,
42Velloin lapset vastaelliit:Brother’s children called out:
43"Hoi emoi, täti tulloo!""Hey mother, aunt comes!"
44Emoi vassen vastaeli:The mistress responded:
45Tuo ei työ tejjen tättiinne,"That’s no aunt to you,
46Ku ois hää miun sissooin,If she were my sister,
47Niin oisi tejjen tättiinne,Then she’d be your aunt,
48Tää on surma suurimoile,This is death to wheat grains,
49Murto on kanamunile.Ruin for chicken eggs."
Yhdeksännestätoista säkeestä alkaen jatkoi Mari, morsian Vanhasta Konnusta, 21 vuotta vanha.
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
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