Iroi neidoi, imbi neidoi
In the SKVR edition: Salmi. Härkönen I, n. 542. -01. Hyrsylä. Anna Iivanantytär, 66 v; kotoisin Venäjän puolelta Säämäjärven Uhmoilasta.
SKVR textEnglish
[Iro-neito - Hiidestä-kosintaa.]
1Iroi neidoi, imbi neidoiBitter maidens, mother maidens
2Sugi piädä survutteli,The wolf pressed the head,
3Pakui kolme hivustu.Three hairs fled.
4"Kunnebo nämä panisin?"Where should I put these?
5Panisin pätshih, riähky roih,I’d put them in the oven, sooty ash,
6Lykkäisin pihal, riähky roih".Toss them in the yard, sooty ash."
7Pani omah oigieh shokkah.She placed them in her right clasp.
8Rubei vatshu kasvamah.Her stomach began to grow.
9Kysytteli: "Etkö syönyh ubehil kynnettyö rugehistu leibiä?"Asked: "Didn’t you eat the crust-scraped rye bread from the oven?"
10"En syönyh"."I did not eat."
11"Etkö syönyh maiduo"Didn’t you drink the milk
12Häkkilöis hälittyö?"Spoiled in cages?"
13"En syönyh.""I did not drink."
14"Etkö syönyh kudukaloi?""Didn’t you eat the fish roe?"
15"En syönyh.""I did not drink."
16Sai kolme poigua.She bore three sons.
17Nimet pani:She named them:
18Yhtel vahnimal Väinämöne,The eldest: Väinämöinen,
19Keskimäsel seppo Ilmolline,The middle: smith Ilmollinen,
20Nuorimal Jougamut.The youngest: Jougamut.
21Lähti ajamah, ilmua katshomah,She left to wander, to observe the world,
22Dogadji kaunehen Katjerinan.She met fair Katerina.
23Se pualikoitshi rannas,At the half-dawn shore,
24Mieldyi, rubei ottamah,She desired, began to take,
25Rubei suurendelemah:Began to unite:
26"Kuin voinet kävytty verkot kuduo,"If you can weave trodden nets,
27Venehetty verkot laskie,Cast boated nets,
28Kattilattu kalat keittiä."Cook kettled fish."
29Kai ruadoi, tuskevui.She worked, grew weary.
30Virkkoi kajoikse ilmoseks igiäShe turned into a bird-creature forever,
31Luodosil lokottamaha,To cackle on islets,
32Vastarannoil valvattamah.To watch the opposite shores.
(En mussa eniä, engä mie heidä allussah malttanuh; netshe Djimin Pladi malttau äijän, sanoi laulaja lopuksi. - Main. mies asui samassa kylässä ja kuului todella osaavan jonkunverran "mingä midäki", vaan en saanut häntä laulattaa.)
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 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-030581 · Read at SKS ↗
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