Läksin Konnuun kosille

SKVR V1 249·Vuole·1859·Collector: Saxbäck, Fr. A.

In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Vuolejärvi. Saxbäck 687. 59.

Song types: Iivana Kojosenpoika, Konnusta kosinta

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1Läksin Konnuun kosille,I went to Konnuu to court,

2Naimaan Naretkan päästäTo marry from Naretka's edge,

3Konnun nuorinta tytärtä.Konnuu's youngest daughter.

4Ajoin Konnun kookkaseen,I drove to Konnuu's hill,

5Sino viinan sillan päähän.There to the bridge-end for ale.

6Akka oil aittaan mänöllä,The crone was heading to her shed,

7Keikutellen kelleriin.Swaying into the cellar.

8Mie vaan miitin mielestäin,I just thought in my mind,

9Ajattelin itsekseen:Pondered to myself:

10Tuo akka on anoppi akka.That crone is the mother-in-law crone.

11Akka aitast tulloo.The crone comes from the shed.

12Aloin kyssyy mie akalta:I began to ask the crone:

13"Annat, akka, tyttöjäisi,"Will you give, crone, your girls,

14Lainajelet lapsostaisiLend me from your offspring,

15Miun vaan viiä miehelään."For me to take as wife?"

16Akka vasten vastaeli:The crone retorted:

17"Ei neittä turulla myyä,"Maidens aren't sold at markets,

18Kauppajella kartanolla.Nor traded at manors.

19Turull on tupakan kauppa,Markets trade tobacco,

20Tamman kauppa kartanolla;Manors trade mares;

21Neito myyään tuvassa,Maidens are sold in homes,

22Kaupataan kammarissa."Bargained in chambers."

23Mie vaan tungeisin tuppaan,I shoved into the house,

24Tuoss miull putrot puuhattiin,There, my porridge was made,

25Talkkunat taputettiin.Talkkuna was served.

26Mie en puutu putroheesen,I touched no porridge,

27Tartu en talkkunaiseheesen,Grabbed no talkkuna,

28Ennen kun saanen neion nähhä,Until I saw the maiden.

29Akka vasten vastaeli:The crone retorted:

30"Et oo viel sie miun vävvyyni."You're not yet my son-in-law.

31Solmitkos immast solmun,Tie a knot from her hair,

32Punotkos nuoran ruumenista,Plait a rope from guts,

33Akanoist pään alotat."Start her head with chaff."

34Mie vaan vasten vastaelin:I shot back:

35"Ennen tuokin tehtänee,"That too can be done,

36Ennen kun ilman oltaneehe."Before taking to the air!"

37Tuotiin neito nähtäviksi:They brought the maiden forth:

38Syltä oil pitkä, kahta paksu,Her rump was long, twice as thick,

39Kolme oli perä leveä,Her rear three times wide,

40Ei jaksa hepo vettää,No horse could haul her,

41Liina harja liikutella.A flaxen mane couldn't budge her.

42Pantiin paatti valjahiin,They hitched a boat,

43Puikkoloin punainen ruuna.With red-oared mare.

44Vein mie neitosen kottiin.I took the maiden home.

45Suvanneet ei miun sukkuin.My kin did not approve.

46Hyö sannoit sanaisissaan:They declared:

47"Ei oo kuultu eikä nähty"Never heard nor seen

48Sinä ilmoiss ikänäIn all your days

49Meiän suuress suvussaIn our great lineage

50Mokomaa morsianta,Such a bride,

51Syltä on pitkä, kahta paksu,Rump long, twice as thick,

52Kolme on perä leviä."Rear three times wide."

53Hyö sannoit sanaisissaan:They declared:

54"Työnnetään tää tynnyriin,"Shove her in a barrel,

55Puukataan tää puulikkoon,Chop her into firewood,

56Rumpataan sitt runti kiini,Nail the coffin shut,

57Viiään vessiin peäle,Take her to the privy,

58Laitetaan Laatokaan,Dump her in Ladoga,

59Kust ei kuulu kuuna päinä,Where moonbeams don't reach,

60Selkene sinä ikänä!"Never to be seen again!"

61Mie vaan miitin mielestäin,I just thought in my mind,

62Ajattelin itsekseen:Pondered to myself:

63En mie raatsi raukastainI can't abandon

64Rahan paljon pantuaini,The wealth I pledged,

65Enemmän luvattuani.Or break vows I made.

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.

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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-016730 · Read at SKS ↗

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