Katrina emon kananen
In the SKVR edition: Lempaala. Reinholm A IV 27. 47.
SKVR textEnglish
1Katrina emon kananenKatrina, mother's little hen / dear one
2Kauvan kasvoi koton,Long grew at home,
3Enemmän em̄on luona,Even more at mother's side,
4Kauva sääst sängyyn jää,Long spared to stay in bed,
5Viiko villan vuuvetta.Weeks of wool's flowing labor.
6Hannus Saare SaksalaineHannus, the German of Saare,
7Voi sukset viertehelle,Oh, skis to the slope!
8Rasvall' sarann rakent,Greased the sedge-built vessel,
9Jot ei ukset ulvasis,So doors wouldn't howl,
10San̄ois saranta rauvatThe hinge-irons spoke,
11Kahin luoks männessään.As they went toward Kahin.
12Männ Kahin kamariin,Went to Kahin's chamber,
13Nost Kahin koattuvaista,Lifted Kahin's roof-beam,
14Kahi uuventa ylensi.Kahin raised the new [structure].
15"Oletkos oma ur̄oin"Are you my own hero,
16Vai oot väärit mies väliss'?"Or a false man among us?"
17"En ole oma urrois,"I'm not your hero,
18Mie o väärti mies väliss'."I'm a worthy man here."
19"Mää pois polonen poika"Away, poor wretched boy,
20Polosilt portahilt!"From the miserable stairs!"
21Vett veitse hihasta,Took water from his sleeve,
22Vierest' vihaise rauvan,Beside the angry iron [weapon],
23Sysäs' syvän alla,Thrust deep below,
24All maksoj mahutti.Where debtors were crammed.
25Hannus maaha maksa lien,Hannus' liver to earth,
26Koprin koukkamaisilla.With basket's hook-claws,
27Antti makas' luhissa lukun takan.Antti lay in ashes by the lock's hearth.
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-017150 · Read at SKS ↗
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