Paista päiveä, Jumala

SKVR VII2 1298·Ilomantsi·1846·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Eur. G, n. 88. -46.

SKVR textEnglish

[Paista, päivä, paimenille - Nuorena sotaan viety veli.]

1Paista päiveä, Jumala,Shine, sun, O God,

2Hellittele, Herra JesusHave mercy, Lord Jesus,

3Polosille paimenille!For the wretched shepherds!

4Kule, päivä, kuusikolle,Go, sun, to the pine forest,

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6Voi minä, poloinen poika,Woe, I, a wretched boy,

7Läksin piennä paimenehen.I left as a young shepherd.

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9Ajoin lehmät suota myöten,I drove cows along the swamp,

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11Ite kangasta kapitin.Myself, I handled the cloth.

12Rämähytin raitapuuta,I shook the striped tree,

13Sieltä neitonen putosiFrom there, a maiden fell,

14Solki suussa, vyö käessä,Brooch in mouth, belt in hand,

15Itkeä tihuttelevi.She began to weep softly.

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17"Mitäs itket, neitoseni?""Why weep, my maiden?"

18"Itkenpä minä jotai,"I weep for something,

19Itken pientä veikkoani,I weep for my little brother,

20Ku nuorra sotahan vietiin."When young, he was taken to war."

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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