Tapettiin tarnalainen

SKVR V1 118·Vuole·1859·Collector: Saxbäck, Fr. A.

In the SKVR edition: Vuole. Saxbäck 343. 59.

SKVR textEnglish

1Tapettiin tarnalainen,A Tarna-man was slain,

2Leikattiin Lemminkäinen.Lemminkäinen was cut down.

3Jäi yks Kalehvan poikaOnly Kaleva's son remained,

4Kohtuun hyvän emosen,In the womb of a good mother,

5Vattjesiin vanhempaisen.Into the belly of the elder parent.

6Niin tuosta Kalehva kasvoi,Thus from there Kalehva grew,

7Tuosta Unnappo vihastuThen Unnappo grew wrathful

8Kalehvoisen kasvannasta.At Kalehvoinen's thriving.

9Iivana Kalehvan poika,Iivana, Kalehva's son,

10Its' on Iivana KalehvaHe himself is Iivana Kalehva,

11Hakatti Kalehvan kaskii,Chopped Kalehva's clearings,

12Opetti orit punainen,Trained the red stallions,

13Kynnytti kymmenen vakkuu,Plowed ten vakkuu of land,

14Sai tuosta sata kekkii.From that, gained a hundred stacks.

15Sai tietäkin kuningas.He gained a king's wisdom too,

16Kielt Kalehvan kynnykseltä,Forbade speech at Kalehva's threshold,

17Siitä sai surulliseksFrom this he became sorrowful

18Kalevaisen kasvannosta.At Kaleva's lineage's growth.

19Kuin mie meihkin miestä nuorra,As I, too, a young man,

20Kilpasin keväiset päivät,Raced through spring days,

21Kankaalla kapsuttelin.Stomped across the heath.

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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