Virs' loppu, kuin lopetan
In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Alakylä. Saxbäck 294 a. 59.
SKVR textEnglish
1Virs' loppu, kuin lopetan,The song ends, as I end it,
2Saammehan toisen, kun alotan,We'll get another when I start,
3Teen mie virren viitastain.I craft the song with skill,
4La laulan tähän talloonLa, I sing into this house,
5Isännälle uuen turkin,To the master a new coat,
6Emänälle verkaviitan,To the mistress a patterned coat,
7Pojalle ori hevoisen,To the son a stallion horse,
8Tyttärelle sorean sulhon,To the daughter a fine suitor,
9Minijälle poika lapsen,To the daughter-in-law a boy child,
10Tammen keski tanhualle,The oak's core to the threshold,
11Puun pitkän pinon rakkoon.The long tree into the stack's gap.
12Ken tuon tammen taitteloo,Who will chop that oak,
13Puun pitkän piroittelloo?The long tree to splinter?
14Ompa miulla mokoma vello,I have such a brother,
15Syötetty sian lihalla,Fed with pig's flesh,
16Kamarall on kasvatettu.Raised in the chamber.
17Tuopa tammen taitteloopi,He will chop the oak,
18Puun pitkän piroittelloo,Splinter the long tree,
19Tyven tekköö tynnyriks,The base he makes a barrel,
20Keskipaikan kelleriks,The middle into a cellar,
21Latvat laivan mastiloiksi,The tops into ship masts,
22Tuopiksi tomiat oksat,Sturdy branches into tankards,
23Pikariksi pienet oksat.Small twigs into goblets.
24Tytöt sitt juovat tynnyristä,The girls then drink from the barrel,
25Vanhat ämmät ämpäristä,Old hags from the bucket,
26Pikarista piiat juovat,Maids drink from the goblet,
27Tuopist tomiat vaimot,Wives from the tankard,
28Pojat juovat puolikosta,Boys drink from the half-measure,
29Miehet juovat, mistä saavat.Men drink from wherever they get.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-016587 · Read at SKS ↗
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