Isäise ja äiti vanha

SKVR V2 1947·Lempaala·1847·Collector: Reinholm, H. A.

In the SKVR edition: Lempaala. Reinh. A IV 5. 47.

SKVR textEnglish

1Isäise ja äiti vanha,Father and aged mother,

2Antele sie siaa tuvasta,Grant me space from the house,

3Lainajele lattijaista,To the guest from the floorboards,

4Miun leikin lyyväksein,For my game's beating-steps,

5Tansun tallajellaksein,My dance's trampling-steps,

6Kelmin keikutellaksein!The rogue's swaying-steps!

7Kuin et antele tuvaista,If you grant no house-space,

8Lainajel et lattiaista,Nor floor-space to the guest,

9Mie tanssin tanhuall,I'll dance on the threshing yard,

10Keikun keskipermanolla,Sway in the central clearing,

11Ei kose pää lakkeen,My head won't touch rafters,

12Otsa ei orteen kolaha.My brow won't strike stubble,

13Jalat sillan liitokseen.Feet to the bridge's joints!

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.

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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