Josk on lienee ruoan tarvis
In the SKVR edition: Suistamo. Eur. G, n. 519. -46.
SKVR textEnglish
1Josk on lienee ruoan tarvis,If there might be need for food,
2Murra muurahaiskekoja,Crush the ant hills,
3Väännäs on vesihakoja.Twist the water ditches.
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5Työnnän lehmäni leholle,I drive my cows to the pasture,
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7Rannalle meryttä vasten,To the shore against the sea,
8Merta vasten hiykiäistä.Against the sea to graze.
9Pyhä Jyrki, syöttäjäni,Holy Jyrki, my provider,
10Tules karja katsomahan!Come, herd, to be watched!
11Kuin katsoit katoxen alla,As you watched under the shelter,
12Niin katso katajikossa,Now watch in the juniper grove,
13Kuin hoiat huonehessa,As you tended in the house,
14Niin hoia hongikossa,Now tend in the spruce grove,
15Lehen puussa liehuessa,When the leaf flutters in the tree,
16Ruohon maassa roikahuess,Grass dangling on the ground,
17Kusiaisen kulkiessa,When the dung beetle travels,
18Maan matosen matkatessa.When the earthworm journeys.
19Ohtoseni, lintuseni,My Ohtonen, my bird,
20Kuin on kuulet karjan kellon,When you hear the cattle's bell,
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22Mene toiselle mä'elle,Go to another hill,
23Toiselle kummulle kuvahu,Call to another knoll,
24Kytke kynnet karvohisi,Fasten claws into your fur,
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26Vihat villakuontalohBind the woolly tuft,
27Tahi talkkunakapuhun.Or into the talkkuna bag.
28Tuonne ma sinun manoan:There I summon you:
29Pohjan pitkähän perähänTo the far end of the North,
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31Meren ranta on juostaxesi,The sea shore is yours to run,
32Hiekka helkytelläxesi,Sand to shimmer upon,
33Tsuuru tsurkutellaksesi.To chirp "tsuuru" as you go.
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-039245 · Read at SKS ↗
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