Minä virvon vitsoillani
In the SKVR edition: Kitee. Brander, G. A. n. 13. -89.
SKVR textEnglish
Virvontaloitsu.
1Minä virvon vitsoillani,I bless with my rods,
2Virvon vitsoilla hyvillä,I bless with good rods,
3Pajun varvoilla parailla.With the finest willow branches.
4Virvon ensisti emännän,First I bless the mistress,
5Semmoiseksi selvittelen,I prepare her thus,
6Jotta loistaisi elävät,That the living may flourish,
7Leveneisi lehmikarjat,The cattle herds multiply,
8Lampaat vuonia latoisiSheep fill the folds yearly,
9Kaksin kolmin kerrassaan.Twofold, threefold at once.
10Sitten siunailen sinua,Then I bless you,
11Sinä miekkonen miniä,You manly young bride,
12Jotta pysyt lemmessäsi,That you stay in love,
13Että miehesi enemmänSo your husband more
14Sinua silitteleisi.Would caress you.
15Varvon sulta vatsan kanssaI wish from your belly
16Kauneita kantamaan;To bear beautiful ones;
17Jos sinä siität piikasia,If you bear maidens,
18Piijat poikien naitavia,Maids to wed the boys,
19Tahi jos poikasia,Or if [you bear] boys,
20Pojat piikain kumppaniks.Boys as maids' companions.
21Sitte itsensä isännänThen the master himself
22Virvon näillä vitsoillani,I bless with these rods,
23Jotta hän on joukolleenThat he be to his folk
24Oikia ojennusnuora.A straight tightening-rope.
25Sitte sijittää hevoset,Then multiply, horses,
26Vaarin varsoja hyviä,Grandsire's good foals,
27Oivallisia oreita.Splendid stallions.
28Vieläpä toivotan todellaAnd truly I wish
29Hyvät siemenet sinulle,Good seeds for you,
30Että rukiit rupiisi,That rye takes root,
31Otrat onnella hyvällä,Barley with good fortune,
32Kaurat kansan kasvamaan!Oats to grow the people!
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-040622 · Read at SKS ↗
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