Savu saarella palavi
In the SKVR edition: Suistamo. Eur. G, n. 521. -46. Shemeikkoja? Vrt. Mikki Shemeikan runoon (Basil. n. 142, n. 808).
SKVR textEnglish
[Lemminkäisen virsi - Oluen uhkaus.]
1Savu saarella palavi.Smoke burns on the island.
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3Mi tuolla tuli palavi,What fire burns there,
4Valkiainen valottavi?The bright one illuminates?
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6Työnti viestit viisiälle,[He] pushed messages to the fifth,
7Viisiälle, kuusialle.To the fifth, to the sixth.
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9Virkku vieri virstan toisen,The sled rolled a second virsta,
10Maan paras pakeni palasen,The land's best fled a piece,
11Virkku vieri, tie vilisi.The sled rolled, the path teemed.
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13Pani ohjaxet onnervopuihin,Placed reins on aspen trees,
14Länget laski salvamihin,Lowered beams to thresholds,
15Menin Väinön pirttisehen,I went to Väinö's cabin,
16Seisatinme orren alle:We stopped under the beam:
17Vilut hiilet hiiluxessa,Cold embers in the ash-pit,
18Kylmät paaterot pätsissä,Cold pots in the oven,
19Ei muuta kuta ketäin,No one else was there,
20Yx Väinö ukko tsupussa.Only old Väinö in the corner.
21Virkki harvoin paistessa:He spoke rarely while roasting:
22"Tuo olutta tuttavalle,"Bring beer to the friend,
23Kanna 2 vartisella!"Carry it watchfully!"
24Viina tyrski tynnyrissä,Liquor splashed in the barrel,
25Olut karju karsinassa,Beer roared in the trough,
26Alla vaahti, päällä vaahti,Foam below, foam above,
27Keskellä kyitä, käärmehiä.In the middle, snakes and vipers.
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-031357 · Read at SKS ↗
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