Mieleni minun tekevi
In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Ahlqvist B, n. 49. -46.
SKVR textEnglish
Lintua pyytäessä.
1Mieleni minun tekevi,My mind stirs within me,
2aivoni ajattelevimy wits are pondering,
3juo'ani metsän olutta,to drink the forest's ale,
4metän mettä maistellanito taste the woods' honey,
5mieluhista Mehtolasta,from sweet Metsola,
6tarkasta Tapiolasta,from true Tapiola,
7metsän mielityttäriltä.from the forest's chosen maiden.
8Annikki, tytär Tapion,Annikki, Tapio's daughter,
9metsän piika pikkuruinen,the forest's little handmaid,
10aukase Tapion aitta,open Tapio's storehouse,
11metsän linna liikahutamake the wood's fortress tremble,
12miehen etsivän esille,bring forth the seeking man,
13miehen käyvän kainalohon!the approaching man to your side!
14Kukuta, metsän kuningas,Crow, forest's king,
15haukuta, metsän haltija,bark, woodland guardian,
16viisin viitarantehille,to five fenced pathways,
17kuusin korpi kunnahille!to six wooded knolls!
18Annikki, tytär Tapion,Annikki, Tapio's daughter,
19metsän piika pikkuruinen,the forest's little handmaid,
20punalla punanen lankawith a red thread
21punasella poskellasion your reddened cheek,
22poikki Pohjolan joesta,across Northland's river,
23jota myöten juoni juoksi,where the current once ran,
24rahan kanta kaikattelithe wealth's echo resounded
25miehen etsivän etehen,before the seeking man,
26aina käyvän kainalohon,ever drawing to his side,
27yli pyytäjän yheksän,over nine pursuers,
28yli kantajan kaheksan!over eight bearers!
29Minä oon mies metän kävijä,I am the forest wanderer,
30uro korven kolkuttaja,the wilds' stalwart tramper,
31kävin korvet kolkutellen,I roamed the backwoods thumping,
32salot synkät sylkytellen.spat at shadowy clearings.
33Mitäpä mies metästä ammut? -What does the man shoot in the woods?
34Ammun korven koppeloita;I shoot woodland grouse;
35jäniksiä on mehtä täynnä,hares fill the groves,
36korpi kirja-koppeloita.the marsh has speckled fowl.
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-039029 · Read at SKS ↗
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