Lauletaan me lasta kaksi

SKVR V2 138·Lempaala·1854·Collector: Ahlqvist, A. E.

In the SKVR edition: Lempaala. Ahlqvist 532. 54.

Song types: La mie laulan lammin sorsa, Laulakaamme lasta kaksi kuin yhen emosen lapset, Laulan meret mesiksi, Laulan yheksän yötä, Minä laulan liirittelen, Runoreki, Suussain on sanan sakara, Virsi loppui, tie sokeni, Äänen kehunta

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1Lauletaan me lasta kaksi,Let us sing two children/songs,

2Pojan kolmen koitellahanTo test three sons,

3Kuin yhen emon tekemät,Like those made by one mother,

4Yhen linnun liekuttamat,Those fluttered by one bird,

5Yhen pyyn pesosta tuomat,Brought from one hazel grouse's nest,

6Yhen varpusen valamat.Laid by one sparrow.

7La mie laulan liirittelenThen I sing, I trill,

8Kun vetoista vierettelen,As I roll forth verses,

9Suusta kuin sulan nenästä,From a mouth like a liquid nose,

10Päästä kuin päivän kakkarasta,From a head like the sun's loaf,

11Kesä-linnun kielosella,With a summer bird's tongue,

12Talvi-rastahan tavalla.In the winter thrush's manner.

13Mie kun äänehen ylenen,When I rise to the voice,

14Soin kun sorja kanteloinen,I sound like a sleek kantele,

15Mie kun äänehen ylenen,When I rise to the voice,

16Panen kun pajuinen pilli,I play like a willow flute,

17Mie kun syännyn laulamahan,When I start to sing,

18Jäävät naiset nauramahan.Women stay behind laughing.

19Mie laulan yheksän yötä,I sing nine nights,

20Päivän päälle kymmenettäAnd a tenth day beyond,

21Yhen vatsan syönnökseltä,From one belly's meal,

22Yhen paitani panolta,From one shirt's wearing,

23Yhen vyöni vyötännältä,From one belt's fastening.

24Mie laulan meret mesiksi,I sing seas to honey,

25Suoloiksi meren somerot,Sandbars to salt,

26Meren mullat maltahiksi,Sea's soil to malt,

27Meren hiekat hernehiksi,Its sand to peas,

28Meren kaislikot kaloiksi.Its reeds to fish.

29Sen mie tieän selvällehen:This I know clearly:

30Miull' on virret virsuissani,Songs are in my shoes,

31Laulut lanka-pauloissani,Chants in my thread-looms,

32Virren pons' on poskessani,The song's bridge on my cheek,

33Suussani sanan sakara.In my mouth, the word's twig.

34Virolainen virren seppäAn Estonian song-smith

35Veti virsiä reessä,Pulled hymns in a sled,

36Sanomia saanin täyen.Loaded with messages.

37Tarttui saani salvamehen,My sled caught a gatekeeper,

38Virren pohjukka putosi,The hymn's end fell off,

39Virren vitjat jäivät tielle.Its reins stayed on the road.

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.
The editors’ notes, and the marks in the verses that point to them, are left out; they can be read at SKS.

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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-017989 · Read at SKS ↗

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