Kuule, kullan vellon poika

SKVR V2 1316·Vuole·1895·Collector: Pajula, Fanny M.

In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Sohvola. Pajula 591. 95. Lukeri Melikova, 38 v.

Song types: Hylkää hylky ojaan, Kun otit omenan meiltä, osaa hyvin pidellä, Mistä tunsitte meille tulla, Neuvo neittä nelinurkkaisessa

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1Kuule, kullan vellon poika,Hear, golden brother's son,

2Mies kuule, Kalervon poika!Man, hear, Kalervo's son!

3Mist' sie tunsit meille tulla,From where did you know to come to us,

4Niin tunne tutun ellää.Then know to live as kin.

5Sie täst' liikut linnan teitä,You moved the castle's roads from here,

6Koaloit kaupungin vällii,Marked the town's between-space,

7Sie näit nei'on nousevaisenYou saw the maiden rising,

8Ja kanaisen kasvavaisen,And the hen-like one growing,

9Ristin honkaan hotasitYou hung a cross on the pine,

10Ja pistit merkin pihlajaan.And stuck a mark on the rowan.

11Nyt otit omenan meiltä,Now you took the apple from us,

12Limoittelit lillukkais,

13Meilt' marjan moanittelit.Lamented the berry from us.

14Nyt kutsu häntä kullakseis,Now call her as gold,

15Limoittele linnukseis,Flatter her as a bird,

16Moanittele marjakseis,Lament her as a berry,

17Elä kutsu kurvaksees,Do not call her a wretch,

18Elä huu'a huoraksees.Do not name her a whore.

19Kuule, kullan vellon poika,Hear, golden brother's son,

20Mies kuule, Kalervon poika,Man, hear, Kalervo's son,

21Ku otit omenan meiltä,When you took the apple from us,

22Limoittelit linnukkaisen,

23Meilt' marjan moanittelit,Lamented the berry from us,

24Sie neuvo nei'ostais,You advise about the maiden,

25Ottamaijais opeta,Teach her to be taken,

26Neuvo neliskolkkasessa,Advise in the four-cornered room,

27Sano sammalhuonehessa,Speak in the moss-room,

28Ota olki vuotehesta,Take straw from the bed,

29Kultasiimaks sipase.As a golden strap, whip her.

30Sitt' ku ei tuotai totelle,Then if she does not obey,

31Sitt' ota kultakirveheis,Then take the golden axe,

32Sitt' mee kultakuusikkoon,Go to the golden spruce grove,

33Sitt' karsi kultanen kataja,Prune the golden juniper,

34Sitt' tuo tuota turkin alla,Bring it under your coat,

35Vie viita helman alla,Carry the woods under your hem,

36Jott' ei kyntäjät näkis',So plowmen won't see,

37Astuvoijat arveliis,Passers-by won't suspect,

38Mitä tuuaan turkin alla.What's brought under the coat.

39Sitt' tuoll' neuvo nei'oistais,Then there advise the maiden,

40Ottamaijais opeta.Teach her to be taken.

41Ku ei tuotai totelle,If she still does not obey,

42Sitt' heitä häntä hellun lellun.Then leave her, tenderly.

English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies. Lines without English have no translation, or one that cannot be matched to the line with certainty.

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-019209 · Read at SKS ↗

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