Mikä tuoalla näkyvi?
In the SKVR edition: Lempaala. Ahlqvist 516. 54.
SKVR textEnglish
1Mikä tuoalla näkyvi?What was visible there?
2Talo tuoalla näkyvi.A house was visible there.
3Mikä tuon talon takana?What is behind that house?
4Tammi tuon talon takana.An oak tree is behind that house.
5Mikä tammen latvasessa?What is in the oak's treetop?
6Kätkyt tammen latvasessa.A cradle is in the oak's treetop.
7Mikä kätkyen sisässä?What is inside the cradle?
8Hursti kätkyen sisässä.A child is inside the cradle.
9Mikä hurstin hulpilossa?What is in the child's swaddling?
10Siso hurstin hulpilossa.A squirrel is in the child's swaddling.
11Mitä siso tuolla tekee?What does the squirrel do there?
12Kultakangasta kutovi,Weaving golden fabric,
13Hopiaista helskyttävi.Shimmering silver threads.
14Taittui yksi kultalankaOne golden thread snapped,
15Ja toinen hopialanka.And another silver thread.
16Siso tuota itkemähän.The squirrel began to cry.
17"Elä itke, mun sisoni,"Don't cry, my little squirrel,
18Vello sulle hanhot tuopi."Brother will bring you geese."
19Mihin panen hanhoseni?Where shall I put my goose?
20Panin lehmä-lääväsehen.I put it in the cowshed.
21Lehmäni möläjämähän.My cow began to bellow.
22Mihin panen hanhoseni?Where shall I put my goose?
23Panen lammas karsinahan.I put it in the sheep pen.
24Lampahani määkimähän.My sheep began to bleat.
25Mihin panen hanhoseni?Where shall I put my goose?
26Panen siko-pahnasehen.I put it in the pigsty.
27Sikani röhäjämähän.My pig began to grunt.
28Panen hevois-tallisehen -I put it in the horse stable.
29Hevoseni hirnakoivat.My horses began to neigh.
30Tein mie tarhan tanhualle,I made a yard at the threshold,
31Keikun keskipermannolle,A swing in the field's center,
32Siihen panin hanhoseni;There I placed my goose;
33Panin korpin kuulemahan,Set a raven to listen,
34Mustan linnun muistamahan,A black bird to remember,
35Harakan havaitsemahan,A magpie to watch,
36Pienen linnun piukkamahan.A small bird to guard.
37Ei tuo korppi kuullutkaan,The raven didn't hear,
38Musta lintu muistanutkaan,The black bird didn't remember,
39Harakka havaitsenunna,The magpie didn't notice,
40Pieni lintu piukkanutkaan.The small bird didn't guard.
41Pääsi hanhoni pakohon.My goose escaped.
42Menin tietä pikkaraisen,I went a little way,
43Matkoa ani vähäisen,A very short distance,
44Löysin sotkijat ojalta.Found ditch-diggers by the ditch.
45"Sotkijaiset, siskoseni,"Ditch-diggers, my sisters,
46Näittekö mun hanhostani?"Have you seen my goose?"
47"Mikä merkki hanhollasi?"*"What mark does your goose have?"*
48"Kupehessa on kultamerkki,"On its flank a golden mark,
49Otsassa otava-merkki,On its brow a Great Bear mark,
50Päässä päivän pyörykkäinen."On its head the sun's bright orb."*
51"Tästä lensi löyhötteli,"From here it flapped away,
52Tuo lensi merelle päin,Flew toward the sea,
53Toinen siipi vettä viskoi,One wing splashed water,
54Toinen taivasta tavoitti."The other touched the sky."
55Menin tietä pikkaraisen,I went a little way,
56Matkoa ani vähäisen,A very short distance,
57Löysin paimenet aholta.Found shepherds on the pasture.
58"Poika paimen, veljueni,"Shepherd boy, my brother,
59Näittekö mun hanhostani?" jne.Have you seen my goose?" etc.
60Toinen taivasta tavoitti.The other touched the sky.
61Menin tietä pikkaraisen,I went a little way,
62Matkoa ani vähäisen,A very short distance,
63Löysin kyntäjät kas'esta.Found plowers in the field.
64"Kyntäjäinen veljueni,"Plower, my brother,
65Näittekö mun hanhostani? j.n.e.Have you seen my goose? etc."
66"Tästä lensi löyhötteli,"From here it flapped away,
67Tuonne lensi päin merelle,Flew yonder toward the sea,
68Toinen siipi vettä viskoi,One wing splashed water,
69Toinen taivasta tavoitti."The other touched the sky."
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-016509 · Read at SKS ↗
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