Lokka luopusa emäntä
In the SKVR edition: Suistamo. Eur. G, n. 402. -46.
SKVR textEnglish
1Lokka luopusa emäntä,Lokka, the forsaken mistress,
2Kalevatar vaimo kaunisKalevatar, the fair wife,
3Sai monta tytärtä:She bore many daughters:
4Liisan linnoille lähetti,She sent Liisa to castles,
5Kaisan pani kaupunkihin,Kaisa she placed in towns,
6Marin pani paimenehen,Marina she made a shepherd,
7Marketan kotihin heitti.Marketta she left at home.
8Hän on työlle työlähempi,She is nearer to toil,
9Hän on langalle parempi,Better at handling yarn,
10Käsi kuontaloa vetävi,Her hand pulls the distaff,
11Suu laulaa hyveä virttä,Her mouth sings virtuous verse,
12Jalka lasta liikuttaa.Her foot rocks the child.
13Katso ul'os ikkunasta:Look out the window:
14Lehmät här'issä hälisi.Cows frisk among bulls.
15"En syö tuon lehmän maitoa,"I’ll not drink that cow’s milk,
16Jok on här'issä hälissyt."Which has frolicked with bulls."
17Marketta koria neitoMarketta, the fair maiden,
18Ison koissa ollessansa,While in the master’s house,
19Ison ikkunan povessaAt the master’s window’s breast,
20Katso ul'os ikkunasta:Look out the window:
21Orih on hevon selässä.A stallion mounts the mare.
22"En tuolla hevolla aja,"I’ll not drive that horse,
23Kuin orih hevon töläi."Where a stallion has mounted."
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25Äiän särvin sär'en lientä,From the perch’s perch-broth,
26Ahvenen verestä lientä.From the perch’s blood-broth.
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28Kuka näitä raateliWho wrought these deeds,
29Yöllä piileteltäviä,Hidden away by night,
30Päivillä pel'ättäviä?Feared in daylight?
31Ukko uunilta sanovi,The old man by the stove says,
32Räkäparta rauniolta:Snot-beard from the ruins:
33"Viekää tuo lapsi vetehen!""Take that child to the water!"
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35"En ole emoton lapsi,"I’m no motherless child,
36Enk ole isoton lapsi,Nor a masterless child,
37Keltahivus miun isoni,Golden-haired is my father,
38Marketta miun emoni."Marketta my mother."
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-031241 · Read at SKS ↗
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