Lintunen lehossa laulo

SKVR V1 435·Toksova·1847·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Toksova]. Europ. J 203. 47.

SKVR textEnglish

1Lintunen lehossa laulo,A little bird sang in the grove,

2Hienohelma heinikossa:A delicate one in the grassy meadow:

3"Talo oli tässä ennen ollut,"A house stood here long ago,

4Talo tässä, linna ennen,*A house here, a castle before,*

5(Nyt kasvo kumia korpi),(Now a murky forest has grown),

6Jos nyt on kumia korpi.*If now it is a murky forest.*

7Kolm ol korvessa lähettä,Three were springs in the wilds,

83 lohta lähtehessä:Salmon in the spring:

9Yks on lohi nuoren neion,One salmon for the young maiden,

10Toinen nuoren morsiamen,The second for the young bride,

11Kolmans nuoren leskivaimon."The third for the young widow."

12"En ole leski enk oo lempo"I am no widow nor a fiend,

13Enk ole varatoin vaimoNor a woman without means,

14Enkä turvatoin tutilas,Nor an unprotected woman,

153 on poikaa minulla:I have sons:

16Yks on Ruotsissa rovasti,One is a dean in Sweden,

17Toin on piispa pappilassa,The second a bishop at the parsonage,

18Kolmans on kotona herra."The third a master at home."

19Puuttu surma kuulemahan,Death arrived to listen,

20Alla seinän seisomahan;To stand beneath the wall;

21Tappo piispan pappilasta,It killed the bishop from the parsonage,

22Tappo Ruotsista rovastin,Killed the dean from Sweden,

23Kolmannen kotonta herran.The third, the master from home.

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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