Läksin pien̄ä paimeneen etc
In the SKVR edition: Pielisj. Lönnrot Q, n. 325. -28.
SKVR textEnglish
[Myöty neito - Nuorena sotaan viety veli.]
1Läksin pien̄ä paimeneen etc.I went as a small shepherd, etc.
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3lampaat paloa myöten.Sheep along the fire's path.
4Yhty Yrjänä karjaan.Yrjänä joined the herd.
5"Kävitkö minun kotona?""Did you go to my home?"
6"Kävinpä sinun kotonas.""I indeed went to your home."
7"Mitäs isäni tekeepi?""What is my father doing?"
8"Syöpi, juopi, kestoapi,"He eats, drinks, tends the cradle,"
9tyttäriän naitteloopi.""the daughter! He’s marrying her off."
10"Kellenkäs minun lupasi?""To whom did you promise me?"
11"Minullen sinun lupasi.""To me he promised you."
12"Mitäs itket, nuori neito?""Why do you weep, young maiden?"
13"Itken pientä veikkoani,"I weep for my little brother,"
14kuin ennen sotaan läksi"who long ago left for war"
15isän polven korkunaissa" etc."in the heights of my father’s knee." (i.e., ancestral duty)
16"Tuolta tulee veikkosesi:"From there comes your brother:"
17airot souti alla lin̄an,"oars rowed beneath the castle,"
18päältä linnan pää näkööpi;"above, the castle’s peak is visible;"
19tuopa u'uet ummis kenkät,"he brings new sealed boots,"
20silkkiset sukan siteet,"silken garters for stockings,"
21tuopi paijan palttinaisen,"brings a linen shirt,"
22joka ej kaiva kainaloita.""that won’t chafe the armpits."
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-031860 · Read at SKS ↗
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