Kiitos ainoisen Jumalan
In the SKVR edition: Lempaala. Ahlqvist 575. 54. Läksiäisissä:
SKVR textEnglish
1Kiitos ainoisen Jumalan,Thanks to the only God,
2Kun mahtui vävy tupahanWhen the groom entered the house,
3llman orren ottamatta,Without taking the roof beam,
4Kamahan korottamatta,Without raising the shelf,
5Peräseinän siirtämättä.Without moving the back wall.
6Mistäs tunsit meille tulla,How did you know to come to us,
7Oron käännellä osasit?To steer the path skillfully?
8Tästä sie liikuit linnan teitä,From here you moved along castle roads,
9Kaaloit kaupungin väliä,You paced the town's spaces,
10Näit neion kasvavaksi,You saw the maiden growing,
11Tinarinnan tiukkavaksi,Her tin-breast becoming firm,
12Pistit merkin pihlajahan,You placed a mark on the rowan,
13Ristin honkahan hotasit.Carved a cross on the pine.
14Aloit syötellä oroista,You began feeding from troughs,
15Jaloitella jaarikaista,Striding with jugs,
16Hatullasi kaurat kannoit,Carried oats in your hat,
17Alta soimen heinät syötit.Fed hay beneath the trough.
18Sulho, viljon veljueni,Groom, my dear brother,
19Kun otat omenan meiltä,When you take the apple from us,
20Meiltä marjan maanittelet,Request the berry from us,
21Mesimarjan mielittelet,Desire the honeyberry,
22Päältä päähkenen valitset,From atop, choose the headdress,
23Päältä muihen päähen-puihen,Over others' headgear-wood,
24Osaten otat omenanSkillfully take the apple
25Osmolan omenikosta.From Osmola's apple tree.
26Älä meiän neitostamme,Do not treat our maiden,
27Sie elä pahoin pitele,Do not hold her poorly,
28Iltakausin itkettele,Make her weep at evenings,
29Aamukausin seisottele,Keep her standing at mornings.
30Viel' on nuori meiän neitoStill young is our maiden,
31Iltakausin itketellä,To weep at evenings,
32Aamukausin seisotella.To stand at mornings.
33Sitä kutsu kullaksesi,Call her your treasure,
34Limottele linnuksesi,Coo to her as your bird,
35Ken oil vieressä vihillä,Who was beside you at the wedding,
36Parvessa papin eessä!Before the priest in the crowd!
37Elä etsi entisiä,Do not seek former ones,
38Tavoittele taannoisia,Pursue not the bygone ones,
39Piä vaari vaimostasiGuard your wife,
40Ja vihitty vieressäsi!And the one wedded beside you!
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.
- 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-019194 · Read at SKS ↗
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