Lytitään on lystitähän
In the SKVR edition: Liperi. Lukkarinen n. 245. -09. Taipale. Makko-Pekka. Kuullut emoltaan.
SKVR textEnglish
1Lytitään on lystitähänWe are urged to be merry,
2Oman aittani ovella,At my own granary's door,
3Oman puodin portahilla.On my own shop's threshold.
4Vaan en huoli,But I do not fret,
5Vaikk' on huolii,Though worries exist,
6Annan huolia hevosen,I cast my cares upon the steed,
7Murehtia ruunan mustan.Let the black horse lament.
8Niin pitkä on minun pihani,As long as my yard stretches,
9Kuin pitkä on pilven ranta,As the cloud's edge extends,
10Niin kolkko on minun kotini,As bleak as my home stands,
11Kuin on kolkko korvenranta.As the forest's bleak margin.
12Tuulill' on minun tupani,My cabin is windswept,
13Ahavill' on aittatieni,My granaries battered by gales,
14Vaan en ole huoles.Yet I am free from care,
15Vaikk on huolii.Though troubles persist.
16Lentipä kokko koillisesta,An eagle flew from the northeast,
17Toinen siipi vettä viilsi,One wing cleaved the waters,
18Toinen taivoja jakeli,The other parted the heavens.
19Jok' on huoleni vetäviIt who draws my sorrow
20Lampihin kalattomahan.To fishless ponds below.
21Kalat kaikki huolestuisi,All fish would fret,
22Ahvenet alas menisiPerches dive to depths
23Minun hoikan huolistani,From my slender sorrows,
24Murehista mustakulman,From black-hearted grief.
25Kivet rannalta rakoisi,Stones on shores would split,
26Kalliot kajahteleisi.Cliffs roar and shatter.
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 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-032347 · Read at SKS ↗
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