Annukka Turusen tytär

SKVR V1 6·Vuole·1859·Collector: Saxbäck, Fr. A.

In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Alakylä. Saxbäck 195. 59.

SKVR textEnglish

1Annukka Turusen tytär,Annukka, Turunen's daughter,

2Turun tyttö, saaren neito,Turku's maiden, island's virgin,

3Istui saaren sillan päässä,Sat at the island bridge's end,

4Neuvo saaren neitosii:Advised the island's maidens:

5"Älkäät työ tytöt typerät"Don't you, foolish girls,

6Niinkuin mie typerä tyttö,Like me, a foolish maiden,

7Talvet leskii lepytin,Winters comforting widowers,

8Kesät miestä mielyttelin,Summers pleasing men,

9Lihat ostin, leivät ostin,Meat I bought, bread I bought,

10Voit ostin, tupakat ostin,Butter I bought, tobacco I bought,

11Kalat ostin kaikenlaiset.Fish of all kinds I bought.

12Tek' tuo konstin konnan ruoka,Then brought the trickster's food,

13Kanto rannalle rahhaasen,Carried to the moneyed shore,

14Veneheen vei elloonsa,Took to his life in the boat,

15Veneheen vuotavaan."Into the leaky boat."

16Annikka rukkoilee:Annikka laments:

17"Tuo, Jumala, suuri tuuli,"Bring, God, a great wind,

18Sysäele syrjä tuuli,Push the wind aside,

19Tuuli lännestä lähetä!"Send a wind from the west!"

20Toi Jumala suuren tuulen,God brought a great wind,

21Sysäeli syrjä tuulen,Pushed the wind aside,

22Tuulen lännestä lähetti,Sent the wind from the west,

23Koati venosen kallollensa,Tilted the boat on its side,

24Sysäeli syrjällensä.Thrust it onto its flank.

25Annikka kutitteloo:*Annikka taunts:*

26"Kutti, kutti, Jussi ruoka!"Hey, hey, Jussi's meal!

27Ei ne ole aina Annin tyynit,The calm seas aren't always Ann's,

28Ain ei ole Annin päänalaiset.Nor the pillows under Ann's head.

29Meren tyrsky tyynynnäisi,The sea's surge would still,

30Meren aalto on pään alaisna,The wave is my head's pillow,

31Meren on vaahti vaippanais."The sea's foam my blanket."

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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