Iroi neito, impi neito

SKVR VII2 1262·Suojärvi·1846·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Suojärvi. Eur. G, n. 570. -46.

SKVR textEnglish

1"Iroi neito, impi neito,"Lonely maiden, virgin maiden,"

2Kapu neito kaunukkainen,"Bent maiden, lovely fair one,"

3Mit olet mielellä pahalla,"Why are you with evil thoughts,"

4Sydämellä synkerällä?""With a gloomy heart?"

5"On mitä olla mieli pahoilla.""There is cause to harbor ill will."

6"Batkois-ko silma pahexi?""Would the eye gaze be a fault?"

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8"Sulhoisko silma pahexi?""The bridegroom's eye, a fault?"

9"Hänpä, hänpä, shiidalainen,"He, he, the Shiida-man,"

10Pitkin vitsoin vinguttavi,"Makes birch branches sway along,"

11Lautsan päässä laulattavi,"At the bench's edge, makes [me] sing,"

12Ikkunapielet itkettäjä.""The one who makes window sills weep."

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.

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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