Tui, tui, kanaseen

SKVR VII5 loitsut 3623·Kesälahti·1896·Collector: Pennanen, Matti

In the SKVR edition: Kesälahti. Pennanen n. 16. -96. Villala. Taavetti Kainulainen, 46 v.

SKVR textEnglish

Mehtäkanaa pyytäissä.

1Tui, tui, kanaseen,Come, come, to the hen-place,

2Tule tänne rihmaseen -Come here to the snare-site,

3Tiäll on nuoret notkoreunat,Here are young pliant edges,

4Ovat aukiat ahoset,They are wide narrowings,

5Lehot muita leppiämmät -More supple than others' alders,

6Muitten sikloin sivuhe,To the side of others' snares,

7Muitten ansoin alahe,Below others' traps,

8Miun pyytöän kohti kulkemaan.To walk toward my hunting,

9Kun kahtoo alahe männä,When one looks to go below,

10Sillon ansoo alenna,Then the trap lowers,

11Kun kahtoo ylihe männä,When one looks to go over,

12Sillon ansoo ylennä;Then the trap raises;

13Kun ei ou vilja vieremälläWhen there's no grain spilling,

14An' olla ansan annollaan!Let the trap stay as given!

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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