Kokkoseni lintuseini

SKVR VI1 17·Juva·1816·Collector: Gottlund, K. A.

In the SKVR edition: Juva. Gottlund n. 434. Maalis. - huhtik. 1816. Hannes Laitinen.

SKVR textEnglish

1Kokkoseni lintuseini,My Kokkonen, bird-wall,

2Kyn̄et on vitä vitaketta,Nails are of twisted twiglet,

3Kahexata kussaratta.Eight-spoked wheel.

4Ostin ma sulle hyven orin,I bought you a fine stallion,

5Jong ol lampi lautaisella.That is a pond with planks,

6Käse käitin tien ohella,With hand I led by the road,

7Häm̄ähässä härke koskin,In a spider’s web, I brushed oxen,

8Sinisorka Suomen maasa,Blue magpie in Finland’s land,

9Jong ol sälke säisente vako,That is the split of the saiste’s furrow,

10Jong ol sarvin väliä,That is the space between horns,

11Jona piäsky päiven länsi,Where the swallow [marks] day’s west,

12Eipä piästynt päivässkän,It did not escape in daylight,

13Kuin ej välille lävänty.As it never broke free.

14Saparo sato syltä pitkä,A sickle’s harvest a cubit long,

15Kyrpe kym̄en kyneräinen.Curved ten fathoms long.

16Jot ej vesi veille tun̄u,Which water cannot reach water,

17Ilma illmalle tajjua.Nor air grasp the weather.

18Tun̄et kos tulin palava,You know when I came blazing,

19Näit kois vein happavan,You saw the moth’s decay,

20Pysy ko kala evillä,Can fish stay on fins,

21Uivan lintu untuvilla?Birds swim on plumage?

22Han̄uxen on tulinen turki,His pelt is fiery,

23Em̄entell on palava paita,The mistress’s shirt burns,

24Tuo turki turpeine,That pelt with peat,

25Hurpeine uhmait.With wolf’s defiance.

26Suus sam̄aloitukon,In mouth, clubmoss,

27Kieles kampeloitukon,Tongue a crooked hook,

28Kova koivu korvis,Hard birch in ears,

29Ett ej minusta miten tie.So none know my path.

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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