Lensi lintu löyhytteli
In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Uusikylä. Saxbäck 736. 59.
SKVR textEnglish
1Lensi lintu löyhytteli,The bird flew, fluttering,
2Lensi linnan ikkunalle,Flew to the castle window,
31000 miest' oil siiven alla,A man was under its wing,
4100 miestä höyhenissä.The man among its feathers.
5Se toi soti sanoman:*It brought a war message:*
6Siso sottaan männöö, vello kottiin jää."Sister goes to war, brother stays home.
7Siso mielille pahoille,Sister to ill intentions,
8Vello(n) mielille hyville.Brother to good intentions.
9Lensi lintu löyhytteli j.n.e.The bird flew fluttering, etc.
10Vello sottaan männöö,Brother goes to war,
11Siso kottiin jääpiSister stays home.
12Vellon mielille pahoille,Brother to ill intentions,
13Sison mielille hyville.Sister to good intentions.
14Vello karkas laukin lautiin,Brother dashed to the wooden bench,
15Hyppäis hyvän selälle,Leapt onto a sturdy steed,
16Ajo koitoon kottiin:Rode home at dawn:
17"Miss on maire maammoseni,"Where is my fair mother,
18Miss on ehtoinen emoni?Where my evening-time mother?
19Tuo mun verkkaset tanniitBring my checkered trousers,
20Sekä sulkuis sukkainAnd fastened socks,
21Sekä Saksan saappahini!"And my German boots!"
22Sitt vet verkaset tanniitThen pulled the checkered trousers
23Verelleville säärilleen,Onto his bloodied shins,
24Sit pani sulkkuise sukkaatThen put on fastened socks
25Ja saksan saappahia.And German boots.
26Vello kahta kämmentääBrother slapped his hands twice,
27Kuin rukaista rossahuttiLike shaking a fist,
28Tah kahta laivan kantta,Or two ship decks clapping,
29Viittä Viipurin ovvii.Five gates of Viipuri [booming].
30Lähtii nyt pojan tulloo,Now the boy set out to come,
31Poika on luotu lähtemäänThe boy was born to depart
32Tuonne suureen sottaan.To that great war.
33"Mit annat siso miulle"What will you give me, sister,
34Mun sottaan mennäkseen,For me to go to war,
35Matkaan käetäkseen?"To journey forth?"
36"Annan armas vellosein,"I give, dear brother,
37Annan paian palttinaisen,A shirt of linen,
38Hihattoman, helmattoman,Sleeveless, unembellished,
39Kaik kaulusta vaia."Only a band at the neck."
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-017398 · Read at SKS ↗
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