Nukka, langot, laulamahe
In the SKVR edition: Suojärvi. Härkönen I, n. 295. -00. Salonkylä (Iivilä). Iivana Pöppönen; 40 v. Opp. laulut isoisiltä ja sediltä.
SKVR textEnglish
1Nukka, langot, laulamahe,Nukka, kin, to singing!,
2Heimokset, heläjämähe!Kin, to resounding!
3Laulammo lammit lattijoilla,Let us sing the ponds on foundations,
4Tammet keskitanderilla,Oaks in central fields,
5Tammess' on tasaset oksat,In the oak are even branches,
6Joga oksassa omena,Every branch holds an apple,
7Omenassa kuldapyörö.In the apple, a golden orb.
8Min on pyörö pyörähtääbi,My orb will spin,
9Sen on kägi kukahtaabiThe cuckoo will call it,
10Kuldaisehe kuppisehe,Into a golden cup,
11Vaskisehe vakkasehe.Into a copper vat.
12Tammess' on tasaset oksat,In the oak are even branches,
13Päivän peitti oksillehe,The sun cloaked the branches,
14Kuun on katto rehvillehe.The moon roofed the sauna-shelves.
15Mies meres' on näyttelihe,A man showed himself in the sea,
16Aldoloil ylendelihe,Rose from the waves,
17Rauda hattu hardijoilla,An iron hat on shoulders,
18Raudakinttuset käjessä.Iron gloves in hands!
19"Nouse on mies merestä poise,"Rise, man, from the sea away,
20Aldoloilla ylendele!"Ascend from the waves!"
21Tammess' on tasaset oksat,In the oak are even branches,
22Olevahk' on oksillehe.Existing on the branches,
23Ei ole näissä nuorishoissaThere is none among these youths
24Tuon on tammen sordajaista,To fell that oak,
25Tasalatvan langettajua.The even-crowned’s destroyer.
26"Nouse mies merestä poisi!"Rise, man, from the sea away!
27Ei ole näissä nuorishoissaThere is none among these youths
28Tuon on tammen sordajaista!"To fell that oak!"
29Nousi mies merestä poisi,The man rose from the sea away,
30Otti raudasen kirvoin kädeh,Took an iron steed’s hand,
31Leikko lehmislastusiksi,Cut into cow-loads,
32Pilkko pienikse pilikkehikse.Chopped into tiny splinters.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-032204 · Read at SKS ↗
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