Outen kouten neitsykäinen

SKVR V1 696·Vuole·1859·Collector: Saxbäck, Fr. A.

In the SKVR edition: Vuole. Saxbäck 577. 59.

SKVR textEnglish

1Outen kouten neitsykäinen,Strange little maiden, / Old-fielded young girl,

2Tina helma tiltukkainen,Tin-hemmed with flapping tassels,

3Taitto luutii lehossa.Taitto wove warp-threads in the grove.

4Varas huusi varvikossa,A thief shouted in the thicket,

5Mies vihainen vitsikosta,An angry man from the brushwood,

6Akka laiska lampahista:A lazy crone [neglecting] the sheep:

7"Jo oot neito miull myöty.""Now you, maid, are promised to me."

8"Kuka möi, kuka lupasi?""Who sold [me], who pledged?"

9"Iso möi, emo lupasi,"Father sold, mother pledged,

10Veikko kaupan kauppajeli."Brother kept haggling the deal."

11Mänin itkiin kottiin,I went weeping homeward,

12Kallotellen kartanolle.Staggering to the farmstead.

13Iso aitast kysyy,Father asks from the granary,

14Emo aitan rappusilta.Mother from the storehouse steps.

15Appi möi, appi lupasi.Father-in-law sold, father-in-law pledged.

16Anoppi möi, anoppi lupasi.Mother-in-law sold, mother-in-law pledged.

17Sulhainen möi, sulhainen lupasi.The groom sold, the groom pledged.

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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