Tuli vello vierahiksi
In the SKVR edition: Lempaala. Ahlqvist 518. 54.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tuli vello vierahiksiBrother came as a guest
2Kahelle kanan munalle,For two hen's eggs,
3Kaheksalle kakkaralle,For eight cakes,
4Yheksälle voipytylle,For nine butter-tubs,
5Kymmenelle jyrkiälle.For ten sturdy ones.
6Syötin vellon, juotin vellon,I fed the brother, gave him drink,
7Paninpa makaelemahanI laid him down to rest
8Pöyän päähän pyllyllensä.At the table's head on his behind.
9Riisuin vellolta hevosen,I took the horse from the brother,
10Otin länget lämpimähän,Took the harness to warmth,
11Suitset suojahan siaan.Reins to a sheltered spot.
12Hävis vellolta hevonen.The brother's horse vanished.
13Laitoin piiat etsimään.I sent maids to search,
14Piiat etsi pirtapuita,Maids sought sauna-wood,
15Pirtapuita, pillipuita.Sauna-wood, flute-wood.
16Laitoin rengit etsimään,Sent farmhands to search,
17Rengit etsi reslapuita,Farmhands sought sled-wood,
18Reslapuita, kirvesvartta.Sled-wood, axe handles.
19Menin itse etsimähänI went myself to search
20Kahen kolmen koiran kanssa,With two-three dogs,
21Viien villahännän kanssa.With five shaggy-tails.
22Koirat sotki suota myöten,Dogs churned through bogs,
23Villahännät vettä myöten,Shaggy-tails through waters,
24Itse marssin maata myöten.I marched over dry land.
25Nousin suurelle mäelle,I climbed a great hill,
26Korkialle kukkulalle.A lofty knoll.
27Kuuntelime, kääntelime.We listened, we turned.
28Kuulin kellon kilkahuksen,I heard a bell's tinkle,
29Porokellon poukahuksenA reindeer bell's clang,
30Pappilan papukeolla,At the parsonage's field,
31Ollin otra-närttehellä,On Ollin's barley stubble,
32Heikin heinä-pieleksellä.At Heikki's hayfield edge.
33Panin suuhun kultasuitsetPut gold reins in [its] mouth,
34Ja päähän hopiapäitset.Silver headstall on [its] head.
35Kävin laukin lautasille,I rode the gelding's path,
36Etehen emähevosen,Ahead of the broodmare,
37Ajoin rannat raksuttelin,Clattered along shores,
38Meren hiekat helskyttelin,Rippled the sea's sands,
39Ajoin kultani kujahan.Rode to my sweetheart's lane.
40Kullan lapset katsomahan:My dear's children gazed:
41Mittyinen sun tupaasi?"How is your cottage?"
42Silta sirkkuisen munissa,"A bridge in sparrow eggs,
43Perämaa on pesmänluinen,Backlands of soapstone,
44Laki lahnan-suomuksinen,Roof of roach scales,
45Kiukoa meren kivestä.Hearth from sea-stones."
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-016533 · Read at SKS ↗
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