Leikataan myö lehmus pitkä

SKVR V1 463·Toksova·1847·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Toksova]. Europ. J 198. 47.

SKVR textEnglish

1Leikataan myö lehmus pitkä,Let us cut a tall linden,

2Lehmus pitkä ja leviä;A tall linden and wide;

3Punotaan myö nuora pitkä,Let us twist a long rope,

4Nuora pitkä ja siliä,A long rope and smooth,

5Millä sulho hirtetähän,With which the groom is hanged,

6Vaimon poika vankatahanThe wife's son is bound,

7Sulkuhun veräjän päälle.Onto the closed gate's top.

8Tuosta kulkoo kuningas,From there walks the king,

9Vaeltaapi linnan vanhin.The castle's eldest wanders.

10Kuningas kovin kysyvi:*The king fiercely asked:*

11"Minkä tähten tää siottu,"For what reason is this bound,

12Vaimon poika vankitettu?"The wife's son imprisoned?"

13"Miks makais nuoren neion,"Why lies the young maiden,

14Nuoren neion morsiamen,The young maiden bride,

15Neito poikia tekevi,The maiden makes sons,

16Laivan seppiä latovi."Prepares ship's smiths."

17Lohikärmeen kitaan.Into the sea serpent's maw.

18Lohikärme huokaeli,The sea serpent sighed,

19Huokaeli, henkäeli:Sighed, breathed:

20"En mä niele neittä nuorta,"I won't swallow the young maiden,

21Neittä nuorta morsianta,The young maiden bride,

22Neito poikia tekevi,The maiden makes sons,

23Laivan seppiä latovi."Prepares ship's smiths."

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.

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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