Läksi mä suolla sotkullei
In the SKVR edition: Toksova. Reinh. A V 14. 47.
SKVR textEnglish
1Läksi mä suolla sotkullei,I went to the swamp's muddy places,
2Löysim mä suolta mättähäise,I found from the swamp a hummock,
3Mättähäss' oli kotane,In the hummock was a dwelling,
4Kotasesta löysin uksen,From the hut I found a door,
5Kolkutin kotasen usta,I knocked on the hut's door,
6Rämähutin räystäs lautaa.I banged the eaves' plank loudly.
7Tuolta neitonen sirahti,From there the maiden darted,
8Räkki koira neijon kanssa.A fierce dog with the maiden.
9Kysyttelin neitoselta:I asked the maiden:
10"Neitsy miun veikkojai?""Maiden, where are my brothers?"
11"Minä mies sull' velluveis?""Would I, a man, stay with you?"
12Eeglen sottaa vietiin,To Eegle's war they were taken,
13Tänäpänä tappeloot,Today they battle,
14Huomena pois tulloot.Tomorrow they'll return.
15Mitä sie annat veikolleis'?What will you give your brothers?
16Rätit räystään pituuvet.Long rags from the eaves' edge.
17Mitä se veikko tuop' siull'?What will the brother bring you?
18Veikko tuop hanhon miull.The brother brings me a goose.
19Mihin sie panet hanhuveis?Where will you put the geese?
20Panin otra-salvoseen.I put them in the barley-bin.
21Hanho syöpi otrat siult.The geese eat your barley.
22Laitan kukon kuulem̄aa,I set the rooster to listen,
23Harakan havaitsemmah,The magpie to observe,
24Tervaskannon tietämäh.The tar-stump to know.
25Hanho otti ja pakeni.The goose took and fled.
26Eipä kukko kuulutkaa,The rooster didn't hear,
27Harakka ei havainutkaan,The magpie didn't notice,
28Tervaskanto ei tietäntkään.The tar-stump didn't know.
29Läksim mä hanhoo etsim̄äh.I went to search for the goose.
30Löysim̄ä kyntäjät aholt.I found plowmen in the field:
31Miep on kysyin hanhojain:I asked about the geese:
32"Näit sie miun hanhojai?""Did you see my geese?"
33"Mikä merkki ol hanhossais?""What marks were on your geese?"
34"Sinisiipi, vaskivarpa,"Blue-winged, bronze-footed,
35Otsass ol' otava merkki,On the brow a Big Dipper mark,
36Pääss ol' päiväm pyöryläine."On the head a sun's disc."
37"Em mä nähnyt hanhojais.""I didn't see your geese."
38Läksi mä hanhoo etsimäh.I went again to seek the goose.
39Löysim mä paimenet aholta:I found shepherds in the field:
40"Näit se miun hanhojai?""Did you see my geese?"
41"Mikä merkki ol hanhossais?""What marks were on your geese?"
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43"Pääss ol' päiväm pyöryläine.""On the head a sun's disc."
44Tuon ol syöty hanhuveis,Then the geese were eaten,
45Liha ol syöty, luu lokattu,Flesh devoured, bones scattered,
46Kettu kenkinä pietty,The fox kept as shoes,
47Nahka nauku saapahina.The skin as meowing boots.
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 editors’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.
- 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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-016505 · Read at SKS ↗
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