La kyselen velloltani

SKVR V2 1617·Lempaala·1854·Collector: Slöör, Kaarlo

In the SKVR edition: Lempaala, Juskela. Slöör VIII 23. 54.

SKVR textEnglish

1La kyselen velloltani,So I ask my brother,

2Lausun lapselta emoni:I speak to my mother's child:

3Missä vello viikon viivyit,Where, brother, did you linger a week,

4Kauan astuit emon kananen?Long trampling Mother's little hen?

5Kansa kaikki vuottelivat,All the people waited,

6Kaali kiehui kaiken yötä,Cabbage boiled all night,

7Liha liemeksi likosi.Meat rotted into broth.

8Virka, virka, velloseni,Awake, awake, my brother,

9Laa'i emoni lapsi!Behold, my mother's child!

10Tuolla maalla vierahallaIn that foreign land,

11Piettiinkö siellä hyvästi,Were you treated well there,

12Syötettiinkö siun orosi,Was your horse fed,

13Syötettiinkö, juotettiinko,Fed, watered,

14Heinillä helisevillä,With rustling hay,

15Kauroilla kahisevilla?With rustling oats?

16Juotettiinko siun orosiWas your horse watered

17Jortanoisen joelta,From Jortanoinen's river,

18Heraselta lähteheltä?From Hera's sacred spring?

19Syötettiinkö itsiäsi,Were you yourself fed,

20Syötettiinkö, juotettiinko,Fed, watered,

21Olut kappa kannettihin?Was a kappa of beer brought?

22Rienattiinko rikaista,Were you feasted with riches,

23Massittiinko maan parasta,Served the land's finest,

24Soriaako soimattihin?Praised for your splendor?

25Virka, virka, velloseni!Awake, awake, my brother!

26Tuolla maalla vierahalla,In that foreign land,

27Kuin rikasta rienattihin,As if the rich were feasted,

28Soria kuin soimattihin,Splendor as if praised,

29Massittiinko maan parasta,Served the land's finest,

30Kyll kotona kostetaan,At home, it will be repaid,

31Maksetaan ison majoilla.Paid back with grand feasts.

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.

Source

Text: SKVR (Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot), the digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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