Kuin olin ison kotona

SKVR V1 931·Vuole·1847·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Vuole]. Europ. J 113. 47.

SKVR textEnglish

1Kuin olin ison kotonaWhen I was at my father's house,

2Ja elin emosen luona,And lived by my mother's side,

3Oli miull punanen poskiI had rosy cheeks,

4Sekä leuka leuan alla.And a jaw beneath the chin.

5Kasvo miulle potra tukka,Luxuriant hair grew on me,

6Potra tukka, hienot hiukset,Thick hair, fine strands,

7Ei sukent ison su'ainen,Father's comb did not comb it,

8Emon harja harjaellut.Mother's brush brushed it.

9Män miun veikkoin VirohonMy brothers went to Estonia,

10Viemähän Viron veroja,To collect Estonia's tributes,

11Toi tuolta su'an paremman,Brought back a finer comb,

12Hopiaisen täisen lauan.A table filled with silver.

13Istuin mie meren kivelle,I sat on a sea-rock,

14Su'in sulkkutukkiain,Combed my silken hair,

15Harjasin hapenaini;Brushed with my gums;

16Suka suljahti merehen,The comb slipped into the sea,

17Hopiainen täinen lauta.The silver-filled table.

18Ojennain mie ottamahan,I stretched to grasp it,

19Kurkistain mie katsomahan,Peered to see,

20Mänin mie syltäin syväänWent chest-deep into the depths,

21Ja katala kasvojain.And humble-faced.

22Mie miekan merestä löysinI found a sword from the sea,

23Meren mustista mujista,From the sea's dark abysses,

24Meren hiekkahernehistä.From the sea's sandy grains.

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.

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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