Muut syövet muru kaloja

SKVR VI1 653 α·Juva·1816·Collector: Gottlund, K. A.

In the SKVR edition: Juva. Gottlund n. 117 a. - 13/2 1816. Kiiskilänniemi. Paavo Kiiskinen l. Köppö.

SKVR textEnglish

1Muut syövet muru kaloja,Others eat the small fish,

2Mine kiskia kitusta.Go drag from the fish trap,

3Mut juovat olut punaisten,But they drink the red ones' ale,

4Mine vette vilettellen.Go to the water, scurrying,

5Mut käup mustassa kängessä,But walks in a black shoe,

6Mine virsussa vipelle.Go skip on the path,

7Kax ol meitä kalju pätä,Two of us are bald heads,

8Kolmet lin̄an porvallia.Three linen-clad burghers,

9Tyvy, tyvy, Tyrjän koski.Tyvy, tyvy, Tyrjän rapids,

10Kuin et tyvyt, nin tykkeyk,If you don't settle, then shoot,

11Härkiä kuin hepo kuselta,Oxen like a horse from the call,

12Maho lähme lypsemästä!Let’s leave the stomach’s milking!

13Onko poikia opissa olleita,Are there boys who’ve been taught,

14Käskyssä käuneita?Respected in command?

15Tohi mine mäne turjalaisten tulille,Dare I go to Turja-folk’s fire,

16Lapin lasten valkialle,To Lapland children’s white realm,

17Kussa velhot vette juovat,Where sorcerers drink water,

18Lakkipi kylen katet,Hats cover the village roofs,

19Vällholaiset väistelövät.The Vällholaiset dodge aside.

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.

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