Sentähen sepottaret

SKVR VII1 513·Suistamo·1846·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Suistamo. Eur. G, n. 406. -46.

SKVR textEnglish

[Päänsä pesemätön tyttö - Päivölästä-kosintaa - Kojosen poika.]

1Sentähen sepottaretTherefore the shaping-women,

2Viikon naimatta napovi,For a week takes unmarried,

3Kituroipi kihlomatta,Stammers unbetrothed,

4Syli on syttäki likoja,Her lap full of ember-planks,

5Kortteli nokiporoja.A quart-measure of soot-deer.

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7Tuli 9 ottajat,Came the takers,

88 katsojatThe watchers,

9Yhet tuli Päivölästä,Some came from Sun-home,

10Toiset tuli Kuutolasta,Others from Moon-home,

11Kolmannet Kojon mäeltä,Third from Bear's Hill,

12Neljännet Niemiseltä,Fourth from Headlands,

13Viiennet Viron vesiltä.Fifth from Estonian waters.

14"Enkä mene Päivölähän:"I won't go to Sun-home:

15Päivä kovin paistanee;The sun shines too fiercely;

16En mene Kuutolahan:I won't go to Moon-home:

17Kuu kovin kumottanee;The moon looms too darkly;

18En mene Kojon mäelle,I won't go to Bear's Hill,

19Kojon koskirantasille;To Bear's rapid-shores;

20Enkä mene Viron vesille,Nor to Estonian waters,

21Viron vesiä viilemäh."To Estonia's cool waters."

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23Reki vieri, tie vilisi.The sled rolled, road swarmed.

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25"Voi minä typerä tyttö,"Woe me foolish maiden,

26Voi minä pilonen piika!Woe me wretched servant!

27Parempi minun olisiBetter I'd be

28Hukan hurskavan kiassa,In Hukka's pious keeping,

29Hiitten hiilikan kahilla,On Hiisi's ember-stakes,

30Jumalten jakosaraissa."In gods' dividing reeds."

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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