Morsian, miu sissoini

SKVR IV3 3220·Liissilä·1906·Collector: Salminen, Väinö

In the SKVR edition: Liissilä, Rampala. Väinö Salminen. n. 963. 1906.

SKVR textEnglish

1Morsian, miu sissoini,Bride, my little sister,

2Hot sie muutat multiais,Though you change your earthly form,

3Elä muuta muotojais!Do not alter your shapes!

4Ku sie olit kotonna,When you were at home,

5Olit kun orihevonenYou were like a stallion,

6Tahi tamma sälkeväinen.Or a dappled mare.

7Käit sie kukkana kujassa,You strutted like a rooster in the lane,

8Käit ku pässi peä kekassa,Walked like a ram with head in hay,

9Härkä peätä häilytellen.Swaying an ox's head.

10Kajavanna käit kaulla,You moved like a gull with neck arched,

11Kysymätä käyt kylässä,Roamed the village unasked,

12Naukumata naapurissa.Unbarked-at in neighbors' yards.

13Niin on toisessa talossa:But in the new household:

14Et peässe kyssyin kylläähen,You won't sate them with unasked words,

15Naukujenka naapurihen.Nor silence neighbors with barks.

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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