Kun minä sukseni sulitan
In the SKVR edition: Iisalmi. Böök, D. n. 1. --1876. Antti Huttunen, talollinen.
SKVR textEnglish
Karhunpyytäjän lauluja.
Metsään lähtiessä.
1Kun minä sukseni sulitan,When I melt-treat my skis,
2Siihen siirtelen sivakan,To it I shift a thin layer,
3Lykkelen lylyn lumelle,I glide onto the slushy snow,
4Kannan kaksi sauvoani,I carry my two poles,
5Otan kolme koiroani,I take three of my hounds,
6Viisi villahänteäni,Five of my wool-tailed ones,
7Sitte hiihan hiljallehen,Then I ski silently onward,
8Salakättä sauvaelenWith hidden hand, I pole along,
9Sisähän sinisen vii'an,Into the blue water's depths,
10Pikkusilmästen pihalle,To the small-eyed ones' domain,
11Karstakorvan kartanollen.To the bristle-eared one's manor.
12Tyyneltele tyttöjäsi,Soothe your maidens,
13Laajeltele lankojasi,Spread wide your daughters,
14Minun silmin nähtyäni,When seen by my eyes,
15Käsin päälle käytyäni!When hands are laid on me!
16Anna onni, suo jumala,Grant luck, bestow, God,
17Mieluhusta Mehtolasta,From desired Mehtola,
18Tarkasta TapiolastaFrom precise Tapiola,
19Minun miessä ollessani,While I am in my senses,
20Minun miessä ja hyvänä!In my senses and virtuous!
21Kun et anna aijallani,If you deny in my time,
22Ijälläni ilmahuta,In my life, let it not be,
23Eme kostu kuoltuamme,Eme! Avenge our death,
24Verry maahan vietyämme.Blood-price when we’re earth-borne.
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.
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-027356 · Read at SKS ↗
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