Mänin piennä kyntämää

SKVR IV3 3319·Koprina·1907·Collector: Salminen, Väinö

In the SKVR edition: Koprina, Siiverska. Väinö Salminen. n. 1195. 1907.

SKVR textEnglish

1Mänin piennä kyntämää,I went to plow as a child,

2Vakaana vakkoillemaa,Steadily tilling the soil,

3Taittuit piennä persevitsat,The small plow-handle broke,

4Vakan taittuit atran vannut;The plow-beam's hoops snapped;

5Mänin toista taittamaa,I went to mend another,

6Jätin varsan vaaon päälle,Left the colt on the furrow,

7Musta harjan mullan päälle.The black-maned one on the soil.

8Varas katso varvikosta,A thief peered from the bushes,

9Mies vihaine vitsikosta,A wrathful man from the twigs,

10Otti varsan vaaon päältä,Took the colt from the furrow,

11Mustaharjan mullan päältä.The black-maned from the earth.

12Mänin itkiin mie kotihen.I went home weeping.

13Issoin katso ikkunasta:Father looked from the window:

14"Mitäs itket, poikueni?"Why weep, my son?

15Elä itke, poikasein,Don't cry, dear child,

16Mäne Konnulta kosihen,Go woo from Konnu's kin,

17Ostetaan sotaoroinenLet's buy a battle-stallion,

18Sekä siivo sirkkasuitset."And fine grasshopper-harness."

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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