Nukuin, nurmelle hyvälle
In the SKVR edition: Lempaala. Reinh. A IV 65. 47.
SKVR textEnglish
1Nukuin, nurmelle hyvälle,I slept on the good meadow,
2Vaivuin maalle valkealle.I lay down on the white ground.
3Vei vora hyvän hevosen,A thief took the good horse,
4Hiirekarvasen hevosen,The mouse-haired horse,
5Saarenkukkasen satulan.The saddle of the island flower.
6Menin itkien kottiin,I went home weeping,
7Kallotellen kartanolle.Stumbling to the farmstead.
8Iso aitassa assuu,Father stays in the granary,
9Emo aitan rappusilla.Mother on the granary steps.
10Iso ennenki kyssyyFather asks again,
11Emmon olkapään ylitse:Over Mother’s shoulder:
12"Mitä itket, poikuvein?""Why weep, my dear son?"
13"Sit' itken, isosuvein,"That’s why I weep, dear father,
14Läksin soille soutamahan,I went to row in the swamps,
15Ahoille ajelemahan.To drive through the glades.
16Suot olliit olutta täynnä,The swamps were full of ale,
17Ahot täynnä astiojaThe glades full of vessels.
18Puu juuret punaista oltta,Tree roots held red ale,
19Kannojuuret kannuloj.Stump roots held jugs.
20Nukuin nurmelle hyvälle,I slept on the good meadow,
21Vaivuin maalle valkealle.I lay down on the white ground.
22Vei vora hyvän hevosen,A thief took the good horse,
23Hiirekarvasen hevosen,The mouse-haired horse,
24Saarenkukkasen satulan."The saddle of the island flower."
25Menin itkien kottiin,I went home weeping,
26Kallotellen kartanolle:Stumbling to the farmstead:
27"Älä itke, poikuvein!"Don’t weep, my dear son!
28Eklen meilt lehmä poiki,Yesterday our cow calved,
29Tek tuo valkian vasikan,Bring the white calf,
30Sukkajalan suilahutti.The sock-legged splasher.
31Vijä vaskka Viipurihin,Take the calf to Vyborg,
32Tuost saahan sata sattoi,There you’ll get a hundredfold,
33Tuhansii tungetaan,Thousands will be stacked,
34Ostetaan oro parempi,We’ll buy a better stallion,
35Musta ruuna mullikkinen.A black, speckled gelding.
36Tuo syöp kauraa räystähältä,Fetch oats from the eaves,
37Pilvestä veet vettää."Draw water from the clouds."
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-016552 · Read at SKS ↗
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