Juoksin, juoksin jokoisella

SKVR VII2 1131·Korpiselkä·1884·Collector: Krohn, Kaarle

In the SKVR edition: Korpiselkä. Krohn n. 7085. -84. Stepa Kokkonen, 56 v.

SKVR textEnglish

1Juoksin, juoksin jokoisella,I ran, I ran by the river,

2Seisatuimpa mättähällä,I stopped on a hillock,

3Katsoin ylös, (katsoin) alas:I looked up, (I looked) down:

4Ylähänä päivä paisto,Above, the sun shone,

5Alahana vene souti.Below, a boat rowed.

6Kuka tuolla venosessa?Who is there in that boat?

7Rakas taattoni venoisessa.My dear father in the boat.

8"Hyvä taatto, raskas taattoni,"Good father, dear father of mine,

9Ota minuo venoiseh!"Take me into the boat!"

10"En ota, tytär raukka,"I won't take you, poor daughter,

11Tämä on ranta mutapohja,This shore is muddy-bottomed,

12Tämä on vene vuotaja."This boat is a leaker."

13Juoksin j.n.e.I ran, etc.

14Maamo, velli, sisko, sulhanen.Mother, brother, sister, groom.

15"Otan, otan, morsian raukka,"I'll take you, poor bride,

16Tämä on ranta hiekkanen,This shore is sandy,

17Sekä vene vuotamaton."And the boat is watertight."

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.

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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