Iivana Kalehvan poika
In the SKVR edition: Vuole. Saxbäck 330. 59.
SKVR textEnglish
1Iivana Kalehvan poika,Iivana, son of Kalehva,
2Its on Iivana Kalehva,Himself is Iivana Kalehva,
3Vesti syksyt suksiansa,He wore out autumns with his skis,
4Kengitit kesäist oroist,Shod the summer stallions,
5Talvet talli konkaria.Winters in the stable of bays,
6Pyssysen lumella pyyhki,Wiped his gun with snow,
7Tammasen pukin talilla.On the oaken goat's floor.
8Ajo korpiinsa kottiinsa,He drove to his woods and home,
9Löys kultasen oravanFound a golden squirrel
10Kultasesta kuukasesta.From a golden spruce.
11Ampu kerran, käv ylitse,Shot once, passed over,
12Ampu toisen, käv alaitse,Shot twice, passed under,
13Ampu koht kolmannella.Then shot with the third.
14Rahat hankelle hajosi,Coins scattered to the snowdrift,
15Nuo kopraansa kokosi,He gathered his hoard,
16Osti sitt kultaisen oroisen.Bought the golden stallion.
17Kynti kymmenen vakkoo,Plowed ten measures,
18Sai siittä 100 kekkuu,Got cakes from it,
19Tuhat riihtä tunkitellen,Stuffing a thousand granaries,
20100 riihtä salpa päällä.Granaries latched shut.
21Tuosta sitt tuli kumii kottiiThen came strange houses
22Siintä pyssyn pyyhkännästä,From the gun's wiping,
23Kuin osotti oravan,As he revealed the squirrel,
24Kuin rikkaaks sai riihiltään.As he grew rich from his granaries.
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-016906 · Read at SKS ↗
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