Ostin isolle orosen
In the SKVR edition: Impilahti. Basilier n. 27. -84. Ruokojärvi. Leontjev Vasiljev; ks. n. 442 b. Opp. isältänsä.
SKVR textEnglish
[Koskelta-kosintaa - Korppi huolet.]
1Ostin isolle orosen,I bought a stallion for the master,
2Hankin harmuvan hevosen.I acquired a gray horse.
3No talven syötin talli-orotta,Well, in winter I fed the stable rat,
4Kesän kengitin hevosta,In summer I shoed the horse.
5Kunne, minne mennäkseni?Where to, where should I go?
6Tuonne Koskelle kosille,There to Koski's rapids,
7Hiiten akan tyttärehe.To Hiisi's old woman's daughter.
8Kysyttelin, lausuttelin:I asked and inquired:
9"Annatk, akka, tyttäresi"Will you give, crone, your daughter
10Miule miehelle hyvälle,To me, a good man,
11Mugomalle muihkarille?"To such a suitor?"
12"Äsken annan tyttäreni,"Only then will I give my daughter,
13Kun kynnät kyisen pellonWhen you plow the frosty field
14Jalalla kengähättömällä,With a shoeless foot,
15Käellä kinttahattomalla."With a mittenless hand."
16Voi minua polo(i)nen poiga,Woe is me, wretched boy,
17Toiseksi polonala(i)nen!Twice-miserable!
18Jo kynnin kyisen pellonAlready I plowed the frosty field
19Jalalla kengähättömällä,With a shoeless foot,
20Käellä kinttahattomalla.With a mittenless hand.
21"Annatk, akka, tyttäresi"Will you give, crone, your daughter
22Miulle miehelle hyvälle,To me, a good man,
23Mugomalle muihkarille?"To such a suitor?"
24"Äsken annan tyttäreni,"Only then will I give my daughter,
25Säret jäissä ai'aksiaWhen you break ice for fishing nets,
26Piraksen pirahtamatta,Without a single crack,
27Ilman palan pakkumatta."Without splitting a fragment."
28Jo särin jäissä ai'aksia,Already I broke ice for nets,
29Voi minua polonen poiga,Woe is me, wretched boy,
30Toiseksi polonalanen!Twice-miserable!
31Kysyttelin, lausuttelin:I asked and inquired:
32"No annatk, akka, tyttäresi"Well, will you give, crone, your daughter
33Miule miehelle hyvälle,To me, a good man,
34Mugomalle muihkarille?"To such a suitor?"
35"Äsken annan tyttäreni,"Only then will I give my daughter,
36Loadit nuoran ruumenoissa,When you weave a rope in chaff,
37Aganoissa peän asetat."Set your head in straw."
38Loadin nuoran ruumenoissa,I wove a rope in chaff,
39Aganoissa peän asetin.Set my head in straw.
40Kysyttelin, lausuttelin:I asked and inquired:
41"No annatk, akka, tyttäresi"Well, will you give, crone, your daughter
42Miulle miehelle hyvälle,To me, a good man,
43Mugomalle muihkarille?"To such a suitor?"
44"Pihall' on hevosen kauppa,"Outside is the horse market,
45Tamman kauppa tanterilla,The mare's market on the field,
46Neion kauppa tuvossa.The maiden's market in the house!
47No tulgaas togi tubahe,Now bring her to the house,
48Ajato katoksen alle!"Lead her under the roof!"
49Tuotih tuo tyttö tubahe:They brought the girl to the house:
50Eigä silmiä ole siiv(ottu).Neither eyes were cleaned.
51"Viegää tuo tyttö saunahe,"Take that girl to the sauna,
52Anna siivoo silmiäse,Let her clean her eyes,
53Kohottelee korviase;Perk up her ears;
54Kunibo seinät sienistyybi,When the walls grow mold,
55Lagi peälle langeaabi.The ceiling collapses."
56Voi minua polonen poiga,Woe is me, wretched boy,
57Toiseksi polonalanen.Twice-miserable.
58No, kannas, korppi, huoliani,"Now, crow, raven, carry my sorrows,
59Linnun musta, huolianiBlack bird, carry my sorrows
60Lambehen kalattomahe,To the fishless lake,
61Aivan ahvenettomaha;Utterly perchless;
62Kalat kaikki huolestuubi,May all fish grow troubled,
63Ahvenet alas menööbiPerch sink to the depths
64Miun on hoikan huolilleni.For my slender sorrows."
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
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