Mitpä nuo merellä uivat?

SKVR VII1 248·Suistamo·1846·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Suistamo. Eur. G, n. 424. -46.

SKVR textEnglish

[Allit merellä - Kyynelten viereminen - Kolme käkeä.]

1Mitpä nuo merellä uivat?What are those swimming on the sea?

2Allit nuo merellä uivat.Those grebes swim on the sea.

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4Niin sukkula käessä lekku,As a shuttle drifts in motion,

5Kuin portimo pinossa.Like a spool in a stack.

6Katkeis tuosta kultalanka,The golden thread snapped there,

7Helähti hopialanka.The silver thread clinked.

8Kutsu emon solmiamah:Called the mother to tie knots:

9Tuli vieras ja vihanen,A stranger came, wrathful,

10Viittä sylt oli vitsa käessä,A five-fathom rod in hand,

11Karsittu katajan latva,Trimmed from a juniper's crown,

12Kokotettu koivun latvaHewn from a birch's crown.

13Lyöä lasta armotonta,To strike the pitiless child,

14Kolkata kovaosaista.To slay the steadfast one.

15Täyty neito kyynelihin:The maiden burst into tears:

16"Viere, viere, neion kyynel,"Flow, flow, maiden's tear,

17Viere, vietrehet veteni!"Flow, my nimble waters!"

18Kasvo tuohon kaunis nurmiA fair meadow grew there

19Yhen neion kyynelistä.From one maiden's tear.

20Nurmelle kasvo 3 tammeaUpon the meadow grew an oak,

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22Lentipä tuohon 3 käkeä,A cuckoo flew there,

23Yx kukku: onnen, onnen,One cuckoo: "Fortune, fortune,"

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253:ns kukku: sulhon, sulhon.Another: "Groom, groom."

26Kudam kukku ohkotellen,Which cuckoo, wailing,

27Se oli ylen osaton;Was wholly wretched;

28Kudam kukku leiletellen,Which cuckoo, mourning,

29Se oli leina leskivaimo;Was a grieving widow;

30Kudam kukku ilotellen,Which cuckoo, rejoicing,

31Sill oli iloelämä.Had a life of joy.

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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