Kun olutta tuotasihin

SKVR VII2 1519·Ilomantsi·1846·Collector: Ahlqvist, A. E.

In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Ahlqvist B, n. 154. -46. Koitere.

SKVR textEnglish

1Kun olutta tuotasihinWhen beer was being brought

2tuoppikini, toinenkini,*my tankard, my second one*,

3kannukana, kaksikana,as a jug, as a pair,

4toisin virteni tupahan,I brought my songs into the house,

5kantasin katosten alle;I carried [them] under the roofs;

6kun ei tuotane olutta.when no beer was brought.

7kerin virteni kerälle,I gathered my songs into a heap,

8sykkyrälle syyättelen,placed them in a corner,

9kannan pois katosten alta.I carry away from under the roofs.

10Jopa nyt tuotihin olutta;Now at last beer was brought;

11nyt laulan ruettuani,now I sing, having prepared,

12hyreksin käettyäni,my hands having moved,

13laulan pielekset pihoille,I sing to the edges of the yards,

14tammen etc.the oak's [song...] etc.

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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