Annikki, Turulan neiti
In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Ahlqvist B, n. 24. -46.
SKVR textEnglish
1Annikki, Turulan neitiAnnikki, maiden of Turula
2istu Turun sillan päässä,Sat at Turku bridge's end,
3sek' on istui, jott' on itki,She sat there until she wept,
4sekä neulo, jotta seulo,And spun thread, and sifted grain,
5siellä päätähän panevi,There she laid her head low,
6harjoaapi hapsiansa;Combed her flowing tresses;
7toivoi miestä mielehistä,Yearned for a cherished man
8sulhosta sulosanasta.A fair-spoken noble suitor.
9Mies merestä näytteleksen,A man emerged from the sea,
10aallosta ylenteleksen,Rose up from the waves,
11vaski suuna, vaski päänä,Copper mouth, copper head,
12vaski kintahat käessä,Copper gauntlets on hands,
13vaski kihlat kukkarossa:Copper vows in his purse:
14"Tule, tyttönen, minulle!""Come, maiden, to my side!"
15"En tule minä sinulle,"I'll not come to you,
16ei oo äiti sou'atellut,My mother hasn't consented,
17vanhemmainen vaaputellutNor elders persuaded me
18vaski miehelle minua."To a copper man's embrace."
19Annikki, Turulan neiti etc.Annikki [repeats]
20Mies merestä näytteleksen etc.Man from sea appears [repeats]
21hopia suuna, hopia päänä,Silver mouth, silver head,
22hopia kintahat käessä etc.Silver gauntlets on hands [etc.]
23"Tule, tyttönen, minulle etc!""Come, maiden, to me [etc.]!"
24"En tule minä sinulle etc.""I'll not come [etc.]"
25Annikki, Turulan neiti etc.Annikki [repeats]
26Mies merestä näytteleksen,A man emerged from the sea,
27kulta suuna, kulta päänä etc.Gold mouth, gold head [etc.]
28"Tuletko, tyttönen, minulle?" etc."Will you come, maiden?" [etc.]
29"En tule minä sinulle.""I'll not come to you."
30Annikki, Turulan neiti etc.Annikki [repeats]
31Mies merestä näytteleksen etc.Man from sea appears [repeats]
32leipä suuna, leipä päänä etc.Bread mouth, bread head [etc.]
33"Tule, tyttönen, minulle etc!""Come, maiden, to me [etc.]!"
34"Tulenpa minä sinulle,"I WILL come to you,
35minun on äiti sou'atellut,My mother has consented,
36vanhempani vaapoitellutMy elders have persuaded me
37leipämiehelle minua."To a bread-man's embrace."
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-031795 · Read at SKS ↗
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