Repo itki riukutteil

SKVR V1 1293·Vuole·1895·Collector: Pajula, Fanny M.

In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Sohvola. Pajula 572. 95. Taria Korpuna, 59 v.; kotoisin Lempaalasta.

SKVR textEnglish

1Repo itki riukutteil,The fox wept with whimpers,

2Alla vuoren voivotteil;Beneath the hill, wailing;

3"Miss' lie miun poloin poijain,"Where might my poor chicks be,

4Linnun laihan lapsuein?The bird’s frail offspring?

5Lieko soilla, vai lie mailla,Are they in swamps, or on lands,

6Vai lie pitkill' vesillä,Or upon wide waters,

7Vai lie herran helmoloina,Or as the lord’s pearls,

8Papin pai'an kauluksina?"The priest’s hat-collars?"

9En nyt tiiä mie poloinen,I don’t know, poor me,

10Lähenkös jänön jälill'Should I follow the hare’s trail,

11Vai istun revon rekkeen,Or ride the fox’s sleigh,

12Käynen karhun kaplahill'.Walk on the bear’s skis?

13Jos istun revon rekkeen,If I ride the fox’s sleigh,

14Revoll' on reki matala,The fox’s sleigh is low,

15Joka kanto koapasoo,Every stump snags it,

16Joka oksa ottasoo:Every branch clutches it:

17Istunk ilveksen rekkeen,Should I board the lynx’s sleigh,

18Ilves viep' ison kottiiⁿ,The lynx takes [me] to a grand house,

19Emon maireeⁿ majoille,To the mother’s fine halls,

20Jos käyn jänön jälille,If I track the hare’s path,

21Jänis peittää jälleeⁿ,The hare hides its trail,

22Koukkupolv' potkasoo,Crooked knees kick dust,

23Sitt' en tiiä itsekkääⁿ,Then I don’t know myself,

24Kuhus joutunen poloinen.Where this wretch will wander.

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.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.