Tuli vello vierahaks'

SKVR V1 58·Vuole·1894·Collector: Alava, Vihtori

In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Katumaa. Alava 1493. 94. Maria Laakko, 53 v.

SKVR textEnglish

1Tuli vello vierahaks'Brother Vello came as a guest,

2Kahelle kanan-munalle,To two hen's eggs,

3Kaheksall' kakkarall',On eight cakes,

4Yheksäll voi-pytyll',On nine butter-tubs,

5Kymmenäll' jyrkiäll'.On ten drinking vessels.

6Syötin veikon, juotin veikon,I fed the brother, I gave drink to the brother,

7Vein veikon makkoaamoaa.I led the brother to the resting dawn-place.

8Vellolt' hävis hevone.From Vello, the horse vanished.

9Laitoin renkit etsimeä.I sent the workers to search.

10Ei renkit hevoista etsi,The workers didn’t seek horses,

11Renkit etsiit reslapuitaThey sought scrap wood

12Tahe muita tarvispuita.And other needed timber.

13Laitoin piiat etsimeä.I sent the maids to search.

14Ei piiat hevoista etsi,The maids didn’t seek horses,

15Piiat etsiit pirtapuitaThey sought birch-bark wood

16Tahe muita tarvispuita.And other needed timber.

17Mänin itse etsimeäI went myself to search

18Kahe kolme koira kans',With two or three dogs,

19Viie kuuve villahännä.Five-six wool-tailed hounds.

20Koirat sotkiit suota myöte,The dogs muddied through the bog,

21Villahännät vettä myöte,Wool-tails through the water,

22Mie itse mäkkii myöte.I myself along the hill.

23Nousin suurell' mäell',I climbed a great hill,

24Korkiall' kukkulall'.A lofty knoll.

25Kuuntelin mie, keääntelin mie -I listened, I turned about,

26Kuulin kellon kilkahukse,I heard a bell’s clang,

27Porokellon poukahukseA reindeer bell’s clank.

28Ollin otranärttehell',At the barley-field’s edge,

29Poavalin papu-keoll',Plowed the bean-field,

30Heikin heinä-pieleksell'.On Heikki’s hay-strip.

31Panin suitset suuhu,I put the bit in its mouth,

32Hopiaiset päitset peähän,Silver reins on its head,

33Ajoin rannat, raksutelle,I rode the shores, clattering,

34Hiekkarannat helskytelle.Sandy beaches jingling.

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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