Kävi mie pilven piita myöten
In the SKVR edition: Lempaala. Reinh. A IV 22. 47.
SKVR textEnglish
1Kävi mie pilven piita myöten,I walked along the cloud's hem,
2Taivaan rajaa myöten.Along the sky's boundary.
3Sai mie silkit silmillein,I received silks for my eyes,
4Kultalangat kulmillein,Gold threads for my brows,
5Päähän hyvät hopiat.On my head, fine silvers.
6Tul' varas varvikosta,A thief came from the thicket,
7Otti silkit silmistäin,Took the silks from my eyes,
8Kultalangat kulmiltain,Gold threads from my brows,
9Päästäi hyvät hopiat.Removed the fine silvers.
10Mänin itkiin kottiin,I went weeping home,
11Kalatiellen kartanohon.Along the fish-path to the manor.
12Iso aitassa assuu,Father lives in the granary,
13Emo aitan rappusilla:Mother on the granary stairs:
14"Älä itke, piikuvein!"Don't weep, dear maid!
15Mää aittaan mäelle,I'll go to the granary hill,
16Siell' on kirstu kirstun päällä,There's a chest on a chest,
17Paa sie päälles paraista,Put on the finest,
18Hienoista hipialleis!The most delicate trinkets!
19Mää sie kirkolle kukaks,I'll make you a flower for church,
20Tuota sitt' kaikk katseloot:Then all will gaze:
21Kennen tyttö, kennen neito,Whose girl, whose maiden,
22Kennen morsian mokoma.Whose bride is such?
23Ku mä mokoma(n) saisin."If I could get such a one."
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-017487 · Read at SKS ↗
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