Mikä tuuall' näkkyy

SKVR V1 344·Toksova·1894·Collector: Pajula, Fanny M.

In the SKVR edition: Toksova, Leppisaari. Pajula 521. 94. Susanna Hatakka, 48 v.; kotoisin Sakkolasta.

Song types: Aittaan mäelle pukeutumaan, Kirkkoon kukaksi, Kultalangan katkeaminen, Kun mokoman saisin, sylissäni syöttelisin, Mikä tuolla näkyy?

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1Mikä tuuall' näkkyy,What is visible there,

2Mikä tupa tuoll' näkkyy?What house is visible there?

3Miss' on linnan liklat,Where are the castle's maidens,

4Miss' on kultaset kujaset,Where are the golden paths,

5Miss' on ai'at aivinaiset?Where are the ancient fences?

6Mikä tuuall' näkkyy?What is visible there?

7Tupa tuuall' näkkyy.A house is visible there.

8Mikä tuvan takana?What is behind the house?

9Tammi tuuall' näkkyy.An oak is visible there.

10Mikä tammen latvasess'?What is in the oak's treetop?

11Kätkyt tammen latvasess'.A cradle in the oak's treetop.

12Mikä kätkyen sisäss'?What is inside the cradle?

13Hursti kätkyen sisäss.A chest inside the cradle.

14Mikä hurstin kolkkasess'?What is in the chest's compartment?

15Huntu hurstin kolkkasess.A veil in the chest's compartment.

16Mikä huntusen sisäss?What is inside the veil?

17Kirja huntusen sisäss.A book inside the veil.

18Mikä kirjan kannen alla?What is under the book's cover?

19Neito kirjan kannen alla.A maiden under the book's cover.

20Mitä neito siell' tekköö?What does the maiden do there?

21Kultakangasta kuttoo,She weaves golden fabric,

22Hopiaista helskyttää.Spins silver threads.

23Taittu yksi kultalanka,One golden thread snapped,

24Toinen taittu hopialanka.Another silver thread snapped.

25Neito tuota itkemään,The maiden began to cry,

26Illat itki ikkunoissa.Evenings she cried at windows.

27Isä aitasta kyssyy:Father asks from the granary:

28"Mitä itket, piikkuein?""Why cry, little maiden?"

29Neito vasten vastajel:The maiden answered:

30"Älä itke, piikkuein,"Don't cry, little maiden,

31Menehän sie aittaseen,Go to the granary,

32Poa sie peälleis parasta,Take the best for your head,

33Varrelleis poa valkiaa,Take white grains for your body,

34Mee sitt kirkkoon kukaksi,Then go to church as a flower,

35Mee sitt' herran heinämoahan,Go to the lord's hayfield,

36Tuomarin tupakkamoahan!"To the judge's tobacco field!"

37Kaikk' on tuolla katseliit:All looked there:

38Kennen tyttö, kennen neito,Whose girl, whose maiden,

39Kennen lie morsian mokoma?Whose bride might this be?

40Kun ois miulla tuo mokoma,If I had such a one,

41Sylistäin mie syöttelisin,From my lap I'd feed her,

42Käsistäin mie käyttelisin,With my hands I'd tend her,

43Suustain mie palat panisin.With my lips I'd place morsels.

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.

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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-016826 · Read at SKS ↗

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