Olit nokka nuorompan
In the SKVR edition: Lempaala. Paavilainen 46. 15. Maria Hänninen ja Olga Simonokka.
SKVR textEnglish
1Olit nokka nuorompan,You were a younger beak,
2Kokka kolm' vuotisen,Aged three years,
3Uoppas nokka naijessais,Eager beak in wedding-time,
4Kokka käyvess' kosiss'.Aged when courting.
5Älä katso neittä kaivotielt',Don’t gaze at the maid by the well-road,
6Katso neituo kaselt,Gaze at the maid from the burnt field,
7Nokipölkyn nostannass',Lifting the soot-log,
8Kaskipölkyn kannannass'!Carrying the burnt-clearing log!
9Sitt vast sie enemmän tiijet,Then you’ll truly know more,
10Usiamman arvaelet.And fathom greater things.
11Sio tuokki emoselleis,Then bring to your mother,
12Sie tuokki tulenpuhuja,Bring the fire-kindler,
13Saakki saunanlämmittäjä,Fetch the sauna-warmer,
14Varsin vanhempaiselleis!For your elders’ sake!
15Älä etsi ensinkää,Do not seek at all
16Jott' sie saat saran jakajanLest you get a strife-sower
17Ja sie tuot torujan vaimonOr bring a scold’s wife
18Emolleis ielimmäissä!To your mother in her twilight!
19Ku se laulo siu emmois,When your mother sang,
20Laulo lasta liekuttaiss',Sang while rocking the child,
21Jott' mie tuuvin poikajain,That I’d become a son,
22Mie tuuvin turvaksein,Become a sheltering fence,
23Varaksein vaaruttelen,With wealth I’d steady,
24Kasvatan kanasijain,Raise hen-coops,
25Nostan nuorta metsäjäin,Lift young hunters,
26Vitsikkojain virotan.Tend willow thickets.
27Ku miun kasvaat kannain,When you grew my stumps,
28Nousuot miun nokinennäinMy beak rose high,
29Muihen puihen puillisiks',Into timber for building,
30Muihen tammiin tasall',Level with mighty oaks,
31Sitt' miun kottiin korkenuo,Then my home rose tall,
32Sitt miun kattoin kaunistuu:My roof gleamed fair:
33Liput linnaa näkkyyt,Banners of castles seen,
34Katot Suomen kanpunkii.Roofs of Finland’s towns.
35Ku mie tuuvin poikajain,When I became a son,
36Olkuo kiitetty Jumala,Blessed be God,
37Pojastain ku miestä toivon,For from a son, a man I hoped,
38Miestä toivon, mies tuliki.Hoped for a man—he came.
39Mie jo toivon poikajainI already hoped for sons
40Saunamaass' maatessain,Lying in sauna’s heat,
41Miestä ku toivon, mies tuliki,Hoped for a man—he came,
42Emmoosen elättäjäks',As mother’s sustainer,
43Maamon maaha-saattajaks',Earth’s escort at her end,
44Koha saattelet emmois,When you guide mother
45Kirkon kirjavan sivvuun,To church’s bright flank,
46Satalauvan salvamie.To the coffin’s craftsman.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-018867 · Read at SKS ↗
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