Laulan tähän talloon

SKVR V2 254·Toksova·1894·Collector: Pajula, Fanny M.

In the SKVR edition: Toksova, Hittola. Pajula 289. 94. Liisa Itko, 63 v. Oppinut äidiltään.

SKVR textEnglish

1Laulan tähän talloonI sing into this house

2Tammen keski tanhualle,To the oak's central threshing floor,

3Tammelle tasaiset oksat,For the oak, even branches,

4Joka oksalle omenan,An apple on each branch,

5Omenalle kultapyörä,On the apple, a golden wheel,

6Kultapyörälle käkönen.On the golden wheel, a cuckoo.

7Kuin käki kukahteloo,When the cuckoo calls,

8Niin sy'än pakahteloo,Then the heart bursts,

9Sy'än syttyy tulelle,The heart catches fire,

10Peä palolle paukahtaa.The head explodes into flames.

11Sy'än on tehty ruumenista,The heart is made from guts,

12Peä on tehty päisteristä,The head from bridle parts,

13Silmät liinan siemenistä,Eyes from flax seeds,

14Jalat koivun konkelosta,Legs from a birch stump,

15Vatsa vanhasta säkistä.Belly from an old sack.

16Miun laulaa tuleepi,My singing comes forth,

17Mie oon luotu laulamaan,I am made to sing,

18Heitetty heläjämmään.Thrown to resonate.

19Keä'en kukkuu tulloo,When the cuckoo arrives,

20Käk' on luotu kukkumaan.The cuckoo is made to call.

21A mie laulan meret mesiksi,But I sing seas to honey,

22Meren mullat maltasiksi,Sea-soil into malt,

23Suoloiksi meren somerot,Sands into sea-salts,

24Meren hiekat hernehiksi.Gravel into peas.

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.