Minnes kato karjan anti
In the SKVR edition: Rääkkylä. Hyvärinen, A. n. 54. -85. Oravisalo. Heikki Leppänen, 68 v. Kuullut Lapissa.
SKVR textEnglish
Karjan suolan loihtu.
1Minnes kato karjan anti,Where has the cattle's gift vanished,
2Kunne viipy karjan vilja?Where does the cattle's yield linger?
3Liekkö kytketty kyläleIs it tethered to the village,
4Vai lie taittu taivosille?Or split among the heavens?
5Joken' on kylästä juossut,A river has flowed from the village,
6Tullut taiten taivahasta.Come deftly from the sky.
7Hauvo muat alaisin puolin,Dug the earth beneath,
8Puhko pellon pientaria,Pierced the field's border,
9Jotta maito matkoaapiSo milk may journey
10Vasten meitä vaivasia,Against us suffering ones,
11Kohti koitopäiväsiä.Toward dawning days.
12Heru lehmä, heitä maito,Graze, cow, yield milk,
13Elätä emäntees,Sustain your mistress,
14Pi'ä piimässä perettä,Keep the house in buttermilk,
15Anna voita vieraale!Give butter to guests!
16Tapiotar, vaimo tarkka.Tapio's wife, vigilant woman,
17Pane pitin piikojas,Send your diligent maidens,
18Paras palakkalaisiasThe finest of your household,
19Kahtomaan karjoosTo guard the herds,
20Viitomaan viljoos!To tend the crops!
21Kun kahot katoksen alla,When you low under the shelter,
22Niin kaho katajikossa,Then low in the juniper grove,
23Kun on hoijat huoneessa,When calves are indoors,
24Niin hoija hongikossa!Then rest them in the pines!
25Viron portto, viiles kinttu,Estonian hag, frosty cur,
26Löys se tieltä kellon kielen,She found a bell's tongue on the path,
27Jolla pieks' ihtiään,With which she whipped herself,
28Rapsutti rakosa suuta.Scraped her festering mouth.
29Tuosta tyyty, tuosta täyty,From that she was filled, from that fattened,
30Tuosta paksuks paniin,From that made thick,
31Lihavaks liitteliin.Plumped into fleshiness.
32Viron portto, viiles kinttu,Estonian hag, frosty cur,
33Mäne öitä vierevii,Go to nights drawing near,
34Päivii pakenevvii!To days fleeing away!
35Tiälä ne kyntes' kyttöö,Here your claws will freeze,
36Käpäläs kärvenöö.Your paws will burn.
37Ei tiäll' ou sinun sijoosNo place here is yours,
38Sijankaan tarpeela,Nor needed for a spot,
39Asumankaan himola.Nor longed-for dwelling.
40Muunne muuttaisit majasi,Move your hut elsewhere,
41Ehtisit elosijasi,Hasten your homestead,
42Perreesen vieraasen,To a foreign kin,
43Toiseen emon allaan.Beneath another matron.
44Kussa kuulet karjan kellonWhere you hear the herd's bell,
45Tahi kellon helekkävän hevostenOr the bright chime of horses,
46Tahikka paimenten parina.Or shepherds' banter!
47Mäne siikana sivute,Go glide as a pike,
48Viäte on veten kalana,Be a fish of the waters,
49Kätke kynnet karvoihis,Hide claws in your fur,
50Hampaat ikenihisTeeth into your gums,
51Tahi talakkuna mykkyyn!Or be a mute stone block!
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
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