Helinä hyvä emäntä
In the SKVR edition: Vuole. Saxbäck 590. 59.
SKVR textEnglish
1Helinä hyvä emäntäHelinä, the good mistress
2Män määeltä vastakseen,Went from the hill to meet,
3Taitto vastan, taitto toisen,Met the first, met the second,
4Kohta kolmatta rupesi.Soon began the third.
5Helinä makkaamaan.Helinä lay down.
6Hannus saaren saksalainenHannus, the island's Saxon,
7Män hevosii etsimään,Went to seek horses,
8Varsoi valitsemaan,To choose foals,
9Tammoi tavottamaan.To catch mares.
10Löys on nurmen nuorukkaisen,Found a youthful meadow,
11Päivä paiste lämpökkäisen,The sun shone warmly,
12Tuosta viereen venähti.Then stretched beside it.
13Vatsa paisu, vyö lyheni,Belly swelled, belt shortened,
14Nenä selkä suikenoopi.Nose and back sharpened.
15Kat on kaunonen assuuKat the fair dwells
16Ylläällä ylä tuvassa.In the loft-house above.
17Hannus saaren saksalainen,Hannus, the island's Saxon,
18Mäni siivolla sissään,Entered with charm,
19Sovinolla suojellukseen.With accord for shelter.
20Hannus vasten vastaeli:Hannus responded:
21"Avvaa sie Katina usta,"Open Kat's door,
22Lase siivolla sissään,Let me in with grace,
23Sovinolla suojelukseen!"With accord for shelter!"
24Kat' on vasten vastaeli:Kat retorted:
25Et ole oma uroinen,You're not my rightful man,
26Sie oot väärin mies välissä.You’re a stranger here.
27Mää sie pois poloinen poikaI banish you, wretched boy,
28Poloisilta portasilta!From the gates of the poor!
29Hannus ei tuotaan totellut.Hannus did not obey.
30Kat' on kaunonen sannoo:Kat the fair declared:
31"Mää sie pois poloinen poika!""I banish you, wretched boy!"
32Vihass oil hihottu veitti,In rage, a dagger was drawn,
33Takana oil tavottu rauta,Behind, iron was seized,
34Tuo sysäss tuvan alla.There under the house.
35Hannus maahan maksalleen,Hannus fell to the ground,
36Koprin koukkumaisilleen.A corpse curled hook-like.
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.
- 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-017085 · Read at SKS ↗
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