Laulon ennen, taisin ennen

SKVR V2 51·Vuole·1895·Collector: Pajula, Fanny M.

In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Sohvola. Pajula, 700. 95. Lukeri Melikova, 38 v.

SKVR textEnglish

1Laulon ennen, taisin ennen,I sang before, I knew before,

2Laulon ennen lapsempanna,I sang before as a younger child,

3Huusin ennen hullumpanna,I shouted before as a wilder one,

4Pieksin kieltä pienempännä.I trained my tongue as a smaller one.

5Kukkuu käki lupasThe cuckoo promised to call,

6Korvest' kohottuaan,after rising from the forest,

7Meäen peäll' peästyään;after reaching the hill's crest;

8Mie lupasin laulavainI promised the singers,

9Iloloihin tultuain,when they came to joys,

10Leikkiloihin peästyäin.when they reached the games.

11Harvoin hanot yhessä,Rarely are rafters together,

12Harvoin hongat hangotuksin,rarely pines as rafters,

13Sitä harvemmin sisokset.even rarer are siblings.

14Nyt kuin yhteen yhymme,Now that we unite,

15Nyt kuin peäsimme parriin,now that we've reached harmony,

16Nyt ollaan yhessä yötänow we stay together through night,

17Ja tehjään yhess' työtä,and work is done together,

18Nyt myö leikki lyötänee,now we'll strike up play,

19Iloinen iseltänee,joy will flow from the father,

20Tantsu tallaeltanee.dance will be danced.

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.
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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