Lauri poika Lappalainen

SKVR V1 411·Toksova·1847·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Toksova]. Europ. J 224. 47.

SKVR textEnglish

1Lauri poika LappalainenLauri, the son of Lapland

2Teki suksia sykyen,Made skis in autumn,

3Kesokauen liukumia.Summer-time gliders.

4Läxi niillä liukumahan,Set off gliding with them,

5Liuku linnat, liuku lännet,Glided past castles, glided west,

6Liuku maat meren takaiset;Glided lands beyond the sea;

7Jäi liuskat liukumatta,Stony grounds remained unglided,

8Korven kolkat koskematta.Backwoods nooks untouched.

9La' liuvun tämäni lius'anLet me leave my sliding on this stony ground,

10Ja kos'en tämäni kolkan.And touch my backwoods nook.

11Ei tullt korvelle perusta.No foundation came to the backwoods.

12Siitt Lauri ajattelevi:Then Lauri pondered:

13Mihin nyt mään polonen, poika,Where now to go, wretched boy,

14Jos lähen jänön jälille,If I follow the hare's trail,

15Jänö peittävi jälensä,The hare hides its tracks,

16Koukkupolvi polkemansa.With its crooked-kneed trampling.

17Jos lähen suen suksille,If I follow the wolf's skis,

18Suell on siliät sukset,The wolf has sleek skis,

19Nuoill en kestä mie poloinen.On those I cannot last, poor me.

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.

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