Jos saisin sata tytärtä
In the SKVR edition: Impilahti. Basilier n. 30. -17/3 84. Syskyä. Vasilei Möntti 70-80 v. Syntyisin Pyöriitäjän kylästä.
SKVR textEnglish
Marketta ja Hannun poika saksalainen.
1Jos saisin sata tytärtä,If I had a hundred daughters,
2Kai nebo Kaisoiks on asusin,Perhaps I’d name them Kaisos,
3(Ń)Anniloiks ne asettasin;And settle them as Annelis;
4Liisan on linnoilla lähetän,I’d send Liisa to the castles,
5Ańńin työnnän Anuksehe,Push Ann into Anu’s care,
6Margetan jätän kotona.Leave Margetta at home.
7Margetta, ńeito koreaMargetta, the fair maiden,
8Ison koissa ollessase,In the great house dwelling,
9Ison ikkunan povesta,By the window’s broad ledge,
10Kesräjää hykörtölööbi,Shivering with summer chills,
11Lauleloo hyräjelööbi.Humming her song.
12Katt̮šob' on ullos ikkunasta:She peers out the window:
13(Ń)oron' oli hevolla selästä.A stallion rode the horse’s back.
14Margetta onki noinki sano (virkki):Margetta then declared:
15"Hoi isoni, hoi emoni,"Oh father, oh mother,
16En minä tuoll' hevolla aja,I’ll not ride that horse
17Joll' oli oro selästä!"That bears a stallion!"
18Margetta, korea ńeitoMargetta, the fair maiden,
19Ison koissa ollessase,In the great house dwelling,
20Ison ikkunan povesta,By the window’s broad ledge,
21Kesräjää hökörtölööbi,Shivering with cold,
22Lauleloo hyräjelööbi.Humming her song.
23Katt̮šob' on' ullos ikkunasta:She peers out again:
24Lehmät härist' on hälisti.Cows shook, mooing loudly.
25Margetta onki noinki sano (virkki):Margetta then declared:
26"Hoi isoni, hoi emoni,"Oh father, oh mother,
27En minä tuon lehmän maitoi syöki,I’ll not drink that cow’s milk,
28Joll' oli häkki (= härkä) selästä!"That bears a yoke on its back!"
29Margetta, korea ńeitoMargetta, the fair maiden,
30Ison koissa ollessase,In the great house dwelling,
31Ison ikkunan povesta,By the window’s broad ledge,
32Kesräjää hykörtölööbi,Shivering with summer chills,
33Lauleloo hyräjelööbi.Humming her song.
34Katt̮šob' on ullos ikkunasta:She peers out the window:
35Polgi kukko, kana rääkky.A rooster trampled, hen clucked.
36Margetta onki noinki sano (virkki):Margetta then declared:
37"Hoi isoni, hoi emoni,"Oh father, oh mother,
38En minä tuon kanan munii syöki,I’ll not eat that hen’s eggs,
39Joll' oli kukko selästä!"That bears a rooster’s weight!"
40Margett' on korea ńeitoMargetta, the fair maiden,
41Ison koissa ollessase,In the great house dwelling,
42Ison ikkunan povesta.By the window’s broad ledge.
43Ainabo veikko arveloobi:Brother Ainabo pondered:
44"Migä meiän Margetalle,"What for our Margetta,
45Ainabo saunast on asuubi,Who stays in the sauna,
46Lihavoiksi liittelekse,To be fattened up,
47Paksuksi panettelekse,Made plump and round,
48Segä vöihi vyöttelekse?"And girded with belts?"
49Margetta onki noinki sano (virkki):Margetta then declared:
50"Hoi isoni, hoi emoni,*"Oh father, oh mother,*
51Magasin tätäkin yötäI slept this night too
52Kirjavast' on kaunehest' on,In a quilt of beauty,
53Lukitust' on lainehist'(?) on,Locked from rippling waves,
54Lieviöist' on lievit̮šöist' on."Cradled in softness."
55Margetta vihdoin virkki:Margetta finally said:
56"Hoi isoni, hoi emoni,"Oh father, oh mother,
57Löyin labsen lastuloista,I found! In salmon’s splinters,
58Poian porstuloin seasta,Among the boy’s porch-beams,
59Pienen piilukest' on!"A tiny hiding place!"
60Margetta onki noinki sano (virkki):Margetta then declared:
61"Hoi isoni, hoi emoni,"Oh father, oh mother,
62Viegeä toi labsi veteheThrow that salmon in water
63Tahi tungekkoa tulehe!"Or thrust it into fire!"
64"Älgeä viegää vetehe,"Do not drown it in water,
65Älgeä tungekkoa tulehe:Nor burn it in fire:
66Margetta oli minun emoni;Margetta was my mother;
67Hannun poiga Saksalaine,Hannu’s son, the German,
68Suoralaine, SaksalaineThe just one, the German,
69Luhiset lukot murenti,Shattered rotten locks,
70Tagasalvat taitto poikki,Broke the rear bolts,
71Peäsibö Margetan tygö;Reached Margetta’s side;
72Pantih käet käsiä kohti,Hands joined to hands,
73Pantih suut suuta kohti."Mouths pressed to mouths."
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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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-031235 · Read at SKS ↗
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