Metsän piika pikkuruinen

SKVR VII5 loitsut 3849·Ilomantsi·1846·Collector: Ahlqvist, A. E.

In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Ahlqvist, B. n. 311. -46. Taipale.

SKVR textEnglish

Karjan virsi.

1Metsän piika pikkuruinen,The forest's tiny maiden,

2Annikki, tytär Tapion,Annikki, daughter of Tapio,

3juottaja metisen juonen,Waterer of the forest's stream,

4katsoja metisen karjan,Watcher of the forest's herd,

5juotapas tämäki juoni,Water this stream too,

6katsopas tämäki karjaWatch this herd too,

7tänä Jeesuksen kesänä,In this summer of Jesus,

8Jumalan suvena suurra!In God's mighty summer!

9Kun katot katoksen alla,When you gaze under the shelter,

10niin katso katottomalla,Then look where there's no shelter,

11kun hoijit huonehessa,When you rest in the house,

12niin on hoia hongikossa;Tend to the pine grove;

13Anna rauha raavahille,Grant peace to the stags,

14sonta reisille sovinto,Reconciliation for soiled trails,

15anna käyä kääräsarven,Let the curved-horned roam,

16maion antajan matkata,Let the milk-bearer journey,

17sienen syöjän siipotella!Let the mushroom-eater flit!

18Metsän piika pikkuruinen,The forest's tiny maiden,

19Hongatar, hyvä emäntä,Pine-mother, good mistress,

20tuo kotihin kourusarvi,Bring home the curved horn,

21maion antaja majalleThe milk-bearer to the hut,

22lypseä lyhyen vaimon,For the short wife to milk,

23matalaisen maanitella.For the humble to coax.

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.

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