Laiton kaunoni kallaa

SKVR IV3 2882·Kupanitsa·1901·Collector: Ruotsalainen, J. Fr.

In the SKVR edition: Kubanitsa, Seropitsa. J. Fr. Ruotsalainen. n. 907. 1901. Ieva.

SKVR textEnglish

1Laiton kaunoni kallaa,I set my fish trap to fish,

2Ainovani ahveneehe.My net for perch alone.

3Sain kaloja, toin kaloja,I caught fish, brought fish,

4Sain kaloja miä soavin täyen,I caught fish with poles full,

5Kopittelin kontin täyen.Shook a basket full.

6Nousin rannall keittämääI rose ashore to cook,

7Issäin pitkillä pinoilla,On my forebears' long woodpiles,

8Veikkoin vestoslastuloilla.On brothers' water-worn troughs.

9Syötin tytöt, syötin pojat,I fed the girls, fed the boys,

10Syötin miehet mie kylästä,Fed men from my village,

11Naiset noastit noapurista,Women from the neighbor's house,

12Tytöt ympäryskylistä.Girls from nearby villages.

13Jäi tuo sulho syöttämätä.That groom stayed unfed.

14Lämmitin häkäsen saunan,I heated a smoky sauna,

15Otin sulhoni olalle,Took my groom on my shoulder,

16Vein mie sulhon kylpemännä.Led him to bathe.

17Minkä sulho ulos pyrki,When the groom tried to leave,

18Mie vaa usta ummistelin.I just shut the door tight.

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

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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