Kutsun ma vellon vierahaksi

SKVR V1 50·Toksova·1894·Collector: Pajula, Fanny M.

In the SKVR edition: Toksova, Hittola. Pajula 315. 94. Liisa Itko, 63 v. Oppinut äidiltään.

SKVR textEnglish

1Kutsun ma vellon vierahaksiI invite my brother as a guest

2Kahelle kanan munalle,For two hen's eggs,

3Kaheksalle kakkaralle,For eight pieces of flatbread,

4Yheksälle voipytylle.For nine buttered portions,

5Vellollain oil verkaviitta,My brother had a net-cloak,

6Verkaviittä, linttileäppä,A net-cloak, a bird-winged one,

7Hiirenkarvanen hevonen,A mouse-haired horse,

8Pavunpalkoinen satula.A bean-pod-shaped saddle,

9Syötin vellon, juotin vellon,I fed my brother, I gave him drink,

10Vein vellon makkaamaan.I led my brother to bed.

11Hävis vellolta hevonen.The horse vanished from my brother.

12Laiton ma rengit hakemaan,I sent farmhands to search,

13Rengit etsiit reslapuita,The farmhands sought sledge-poles,

14Toinen renki kirvesvartta.Another farmhand [sought] an axe-handle.

15Laiton piiat etsimähän.I sent maids to search,

16Piiat etsiit pirtapuita.The maids sought sauna-wood.

17Mänin itse etsimäänI went myself to search

18Kahen kolmen koiran kanssa,With two or three dogs,

19Viien kuuen villahännän.Five or six woolly-tailed ones.

20Koirat sotkiit suota myöten,The dogs churned the swamp,

21Villahännät vettä myöten,Woolly-tails along the water,

22Itse marssin moata myöten.I marched along the dry land.

23Nousin suurelle mäelle,I climbed a great hill,

24Korkialle kukkulalle.A lofty knoll.

25Kuuntelin mä, keäntelin mä,I listened, I turned,

26Kuulin kellon kilkahuksen,I heard a bell's clink,

27Porokellon poukahuksen,A reindeer bell's clang,

28Pappilan papukeolta,From the parsonage priest's farm,

29Heikin heinän pielekseltä,From Heikki's hayfield's edge,

30Ollin otran närtteheltä.From Olli's barley stubble.

31Panin ma suuhun kultasuitsetI placed golden reins in [its] mouth,

32Ja peähän hopeapäitset,And silver gear on [its] head,

33Sitt' istun Laukin lautesille,Then I sat on Lauki's bench-sled,

34Ajoin rannat raksuttelin,I drove, clattering along shores,

35Hiekkapaikat helskyttelin.Made sandy places splash.

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.

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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