Virkki nuori Joukamoinen

SKVR VII1 169·Korpiselkä·1846·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Korpiselkä. Eur. G, n. 298. -46. Ehkä kirkonkylä (KT, n. 360).

SKVR textEnglish

[Kilpalaulantoa - Metsävirttä.]

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2Virkki nuori Joukamoinen:Spoke young Joukamoinen:

3"Pah ois täällä ollaxeni,"Bad it would be for me to stay here,

4Vaiva värjätelläkseni.A trouble for me to endure.

5On miulla venoista 3:I have boats

61 kantavi enemmin,That carry more,

72:n on kaupaksi parempi,It's better for barter,

83:ns souulta kepiä,From rowing, paddles;

9Ota noista jompikumpi,Take either of those,

10Paras 3:sta valitse!"Choose the best from them!"

11Vaka vanha Väinämöinen:Steadfast old Väinämöinen:

12"Ne on vasta kelmin kenkit,"Those are but a knave's tricks,

13Ne on vasta lapsen lahjat,Mere children's gifts,

14Vaan ei nainehen urohon,Not for a wedded hero,

15Eikä miehen karvarinnan."Nor a hairy-chested man."

16"On miulla 3 oroista:"I have stallions:

171 juoxulta parempi,Better in running,

182:n kaupaksi koreempi,More splendid for trade,

193:ns vahvempi veossa,Stronger in hauling.

20Ota noista jompikumpi,Take either of those,

21Paras 3:sta valitse!"Choose the best from them!"

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23"Annan ainoan sisaren.""I'll give my only sister."

24Vaka vanha Väinämöinen:Steadfast old Väinämöinen:

25"Sep on vasta miehen lahja"That's a man's true gift,

26Sekä miehen karvarinnan,And a hairy-chested man's,

27Jotta on nainehen urohon."Fit for a wedded hero."

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29"Tuota vuotin tuon ikäni.""For that I've waited all my life."

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31Virkki nuori Joukamoinen:Spoke young Joukamoinen:

32"Su'un syötit, heimon juotit,"You fed your mouth, drank the clan,

33Ja mix et minua syötäWhy won't you devour me

34Su'un suurilla paloilla,With great mouthfuls,

35Heimon herkkuruokasilla".With the clan's dainty dishes?"

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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