Mikä tuualt näkkyy?
In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Alakylä. Saxbäck 279. 59.
SKVR textEnglish
1Mikä tuualt näkkyy?What is visible yonder?
2Talo tuualt näkkyy.A house is visible yonder.
3Mikä tuon talon takana?What is behind that house?
4Tammi tuol talon takana.An oak stands there behind the house.
5Mikä tammen latvass' on?What is in the oak's crown?
6Kätkyt tammen latvasessa.A cradle in the oak's crown.
7Mikä kätkyin sisässä?What is inside the cradle?
8Hursti kätkyen sisässä.A child is inside the cradle.
9Mikä hursti hulpelossa?What is with the child in the shelter/swing?
10Hunttu hurstin hulpilossa.A veil [covers] the child in the shelter.
11Mikä hunnun kolkkasessa?What is in the veil's corner?
12Silkki hunnun kolkkasessa.Silk is in the veil's corner.
13Mikä silkkisen sisässä.What is inside the silk?
14Neito silkkisen sisässä.A maiden is inside the silk.
15Mitä neito siel tekeepi?What does the maiden do there?
16Hopeaista helskyttääpi.She jingles silver [ornaments].
17Taittu yksi kulta lankaOne golden thread snapped;
18Ja toinen hopea lanka;And another silver thread;
19Tuota neito itkee.For this, the maiden weeps.
20"Älä itke, neito parka!"Do not weep, poor maiden!
21Kyll sulho toisen tuopi,A suitor will bring another,
22Toisen tuopi, toisen saapi."Bring another, obtain another."
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.
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-016832 · Read at SKS ↗
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