Ei ne vaali kaik vaimot
In the SKVR edition: Lemp. Lempaalan kylä. Räikk. 363. 17. Okuli Valkonen, (inkeroinen).
SKVR textEnglish
1Ei ne vaali kaik vaimot,Not all women are chosen,
2Kaik ei ihmiset imetä,Not all people nurse,
3Niiko vualj miun emmoin,As my mother took charge,
4Sekä vualj vanhempain,And the elders took charge,
5Hiä kolmeest kesoissa yössä,Thrice in the meadow-night,
6Hiä kolmeest juoelle juoksi,Thrice to the stream he ran,
7Kapaloi kaheksin rievuin,Bundled with eight branches,
8Rievuin kuusin kuivaelj,Dried with six branches,
9Imetti ihanat rinnat,Suckled the fair breasts,
10Kovat rinnat kostuttelj.Hard breasts moistened,
11Piäst ei piähäin pyörimää,Heads cannot spin free,
12Silmäin ei vipajammaa.Eyes cannot flicker,
13Viitsijää kyllää viijjä,Patience suffices to lead,
14Niäön kautta, varren kauttaThrough sight, through the staff,
15Sekä muunkii muoin kautta,And through other ancient ways,
16Tahotaan tappoin kautta.Desired through blades,
17Sitä olj viijä viijenkii,There was a leader of leaders,
18Kuuvenkii olj kulkun leikko.Of six was the path's edge,
19Suo kasvo sorjan koivun,The swamp grew a slender birch,
20Kangas kaunihin petäjän,The heath a fair pine,
21Viitsiis kyllää viijjä.With patience, one leads,
22Ruplan makso köyhä tyttö,A ruble paid the poor girl,
23Riunan rikkaan tytär,A *riuna* the rich man's daughter,
24Polttinan pohatan poika,A tax the priest's son,
25Viitsii ei kyllää viijjäPatience won't suffice to lead,
26Ilman korka kukkaroitta,Without a full purse,
27Metsän mielitt hyvittä.The forest's spirit compensates.
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 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-019106 · Read at SKS ↗
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