Laitoin kaunoini kalalle

SKVR IV2 2583·Koprina·1894·Collector: Kouhia, J.

In the SKVR edition: Koprina. J. Kouhia ja P. Putkonen. n. 6 a. 1894. Neljä tyttöä.

SKVR textEnglish

1Laitoin kaunoini kalalle,I set my fishing nets for fish.

2Ainovaini ahvenelle.My special net for the perch.

3Ei kauno kaloja saanut,The net caught no fish,

4Ainova ei ahvenija.The special one no perch.

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6Mänin itse mie kalalle.I myself went to fish.

7Sain kaloja, toin kaloja,I caught fish, brought fish,

8Sain kaloja saavillisen.I caught a tub-full of fish.

9Nousin rannal keittämää.I rose to the shore to cook.

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11Kutsuin miehet mie kylästäI invited men from my village,

12Sekä naiset naapurista,And women from nearby,

13Tytöt ympärys-kylistä,Girls from surrounding villages,

14Pojat viljan virstan päästä.Boys from a mile's grain-field edge.

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.
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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