Mitä neitonen tekevi?

SKVR V1 343·Toksova·1847·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Toksova. Europ. K 649. 47.

SKVR textEnglish

1Mitä neitonen tekevi?What does the maiden do?

2Kultakangasta kutovi,She weaves golden fabric,

3Hopiaista helskyttävi.She jingles silver [threads/trinkets].

4Taittu yksi kultalanka,One golden thread snapped,

5Helähti hopialanka.The silver thread rang out.

6Tuota neito itkemähän.The maiden began to weep.

7"Älä itke, neito parka,"Don’t weep, poor maiden,

8Tuolt siun veikkois tulevi,From there your brother comes,

9Yli järven pää näkyvi,Over the lake’s end he appears,

10Läpi pehkon kuumottavi!"Through the thick forest he shimmers!"

11Mitä mie annan veikolle?What shall I give my brother?

12Annan paian palttinaisen,I’ll give a linen shirt,

13Toisen annan toimikkaisen.Another, a adorned belt.

14Liisa hihat liittelevi,Liisa attaches the sleeves,

15Kaisa kauluksen panevi,Kaisa fastens the collar,

16Helka helman päärmiävi.Helka hems the edge with a pendant.

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.

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