Annukka Turusen tyttö
In the SKVR edition: Vuole. Saxbäck 546. 59.
SKVR textEnglish
1Annukka Turusen tyttö,Annukka, Turunen's daughter,
2Turun tyttö, saaren neito,Turku's girl, island maiden,
3Istu saaren sillan päässä,She sat at the island bridge's end,
4Vuoron itki, vuoron nakro,Now weeping, now sobbing,
5Vuoron päätään paneli,Now shaking her head,
6Kiinnitteli kenkiänsä,Fastening her shoes,
7Uotteli miestä mielellistä,Waiting for a cherished man,
8Sulhaista sulo sanaista.For suitors fair of speech.
9Mies merestä näyttelöipi,A man rose from the sea,
10Kulta suuna, kulta päänä,Gold his mouth, gold his head,
11Kulta hattu hartioilla.A gold hat on his shoulders.
12Alko neito kysellä:The maiden began to ask:
13"Lähetkö, neitonen, miulle,"Will you come, maiden, to me,
14Miulle miehelle hyvälle,To me, a good man,
15Sorialle sulhaselle?"To a wretched suitor?"
16Neitonne kysellöö:The maiden asked again:
17"Mitäs sie annat palkastaisi?""What will you give as reward?"
18"Ilo viikot ensimmäiset,"Joy for the first weeks,
19Itkun kaikeksi ijäksi."Tears for all eternity."
20"Ei oo suotu, ei oo luotu,"It is not fated, not ordained,
21Ei oo eukko toivottanut."No crone has wished it so."
22Annukka Turusen tyttö,Annukka, Turunen's daughter,
23Turun tyttö, saaren neito,Turku's girl, island maiden,
24Istu saaren sillan päässä,She sat at the island bridge's end,
25Tuossa istu, tuossa nauro,There she sat, there she laughed,
26Tuossa päätään paneli,There she shook her head,
27Kiinitteli kenkiänsä,Fastened her shoes,
28Uotteli miestä mielellistä,Waiting for a cherished man,
29Sulhoista sulo sanaista.For suitors fair of speech.
30Mies merestä näytteleipi,A man rose from the sea,
31Leipä suuna, leipä päänä,Bread his mouth, bread his head,
32Leipä hattu hartioilla.A bread hat on his shoulders.
33Alko neiosta kysellä:They asked the maiden:
34"Tuletko sie, neitonen, miulle,"Will you come, maiden, to me,
35Miulle miehelle hyvälle,To me, a good man,
36Sorialle sulhoselle,To a wretched suitor,
37Mie mies oon mäestä tehty,For I'm a man forged from ore,
38Sokurist oon synnytetty?"Born from sugar?"
39Neito vasten vastaeli:The maiden replied:
40"Niin on suotu, niin on luotu,"So it is fated, so ordained,
41Niin on eukko toivottanutSo the crone has wished it,
42Sauna maassa maatessaans,On the sauna floor she lay,
43Olkiloilla ollessaans."On straw when she bore you."
44Niin on, niin on, näin ikänä,So it is, so it is, ever thus,
45Paikon paljas, ei mitään.A barren place, nothing more.
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-017128 · Read at SKS ↗
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