Oishan niitä virtosii

SKVR V2 139·Lempaala·1894·Collector: Pajula, Fanny M.

In the SKVR edition: Lemp. Mikitiala. Pajula 220. 94. Oute Melikova, 66 v.; kotoisin Vuoleelta.

SKVR textEnglish

1Oishan niitä virtosiiThere would be those streams / songs

2Niinkuin seinän hirtosii,Like those hung on a wall,

3Vaan ei jou'u laulamaanBut one can't get to singing,

4Kesosilt' kiirehilt'.From summer's urgent tasks.

5Ammuu anopin lehmä,The mother-in-law's cow lows,

6Na'on lehmä naukasoo,The woman's cow is calling,

7Ei oo heinän antajaist',There are no hay-givers,

8Ei olen ojentajaist.No helpers to pass it along.

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.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.