Venäläinen, vainolainen
In the SKVR edition: Hirvensalmi. Tanttu, A. n. 129. -1887.
SKVR textEnglish
1Venäläinen, vainolainen,Russian, the foe,
2Tappo isän, tappo äitin,Killed my father, killed my mother,
3Tahtopa tappaa minuvai.Now he wants to kill me too?
4Minä pääsin päistäreille,I reached the borders,
5Päistäret sytty tuleen.The borders burst into flames.
6Minä kuuseen kiipesin,I climbed a spruce,
7Kuusi kaatu kuuveksi muruksi,The spruce fell to dry crumbs,
8Seitsemäksi seipähäksi.Into seven splintered posts.
9Minä aijalle mänin,I went to the fence,
10Aita kaatu kahen haaran.The fence split in two.
11Minä lehtohon menin,I entered the grove,
12Lehto mullen sauvan anto,The grove gave me a staff,
13Sauva minun tielle neuvo,The staff showed my path,
14Tie minun kylään vei.The path led me home.
15Tapasin emännä leipomasta,I met the mistress baking,
16Tyttären taputtelemasta:The daughter tending chores:
17Muoriseni, kultaseni,"My elder, my golden one,
18Tieppäs mullen kuakkarainen,Grant me a kuakkarainen boat,
19Lepän lehen levuhuinen,A broad alder leaf,
20Koivun lehen korkuhuinen!A lofty birch leaf!"
21Minä kakkaran kalamiehille,I gave the bundle to fishers,
22Kalamiehet mulle kaloja.Fishers gave me fish.
23Minä kalat riihimiehille,Fish to threshers I gave,
24Riihimiehet mulle yviä.Threshers gave me grain.
25Minä yvät kosson suuhun,Grain in the basket's mouth,
26Kosso mulle kylkiänsä.The basket lent its flank.
27Minä kylen koiralle,To the village dog I gave,
28Koira mullen oravan haukku.The dog barked a squirrel.
29Minä oravan kotkaalle,Squirrel to eagles I gave,
30Kotkat mulle siipijänsä,Eagles gave me their wings,
31Jolla ma lensin lepsuttelinWith which I soared and glided
32Yhöksän meren ylite,Over nine seas,
33Kaheksan kaupunkin läpitse,Through eight towns,
34Joss' ol' puut punaset,Where trees were crimson,
35Lehet lemmon karvaset.Leaves of love's bitterness.
36Siel ol' nuoret miehet miekka vyöllä,There young men wore swords,
37Vanhat ukot uunin piällä,Old men by hearths sat,
38Tyttäret sini silossa;Maids in blue headscarves;
39Rahit raudasta rakettu,Sledges of iron wrought,
40Pöytä kullasta kuvattu;Tables gold-engraved;
41Punanen kukko' ol pöyvän piässä,A red rooster at table's end
42Joka lattijat lakasiWho swept the floors
43Siivillänsä siniseksi,Wings turned them blue,
44Purstollansa punaseksi.Beak turned them red.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-024556 · Read at SKS ↗
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