Pikku aittanen mäellä

SKVR X1 88·Punkalaidun·1853·Collector: Hahnsson, J. A.

In the SKVR edition: Punkalaidun. Hahnsson. n. 37. -53. [Sama Reinh. SMMY:n kok. 35-42. s. 296.]

SKVR textEnglish

1Pikku aittanen mäellä,A small storehouse on a hill,

2Pikku lintu västäräkki,A little bird, a white wagtail,

3Istuu aitan akkunalla,Sits on the storehouse's window ledge,

4Siellä neljä neitsykäistä.There are four young maidens.

5Mitä he siellä työksensä?What are they doing there?

6Yksi kutoo kultavyötä,One weaves a golden belt,

7Toinen sovitti solkimiä,Another fastened buckles,

8Kolmas paino pulkkimia,The third pressed small buttons,

9Neljäs itki veljeänsä,The fourth wept for her brother,

10Kun nuorna sotaan vietiin,When he was taken to war young,

11Pienen' pispan vartiaksi,As a guard for a small boy,

12Lasna laivan haltiaksi.As the ship's child-keeper.

13Tuollapa näkyy tulevan,There now comes into view,

14Pää näkyy päältä mettää,His head shows above the forest,

15Jalat alta aivottaisin,His legs beneath the threshold,

16Parta päivän palmikoisa,Beard like the sun's braid,

17Hiukset kullan suortuvisa,Hair like golden ringlets,

18Tuo isällensä ison oriin,He brings his father a great stallion,

19Veljellensä vetävän härän,His brother a pulling ox,

20Sisarellen sinisen lampaan,His sister a blue sheep,

21Joka viikko villaa antaa,That gives wool every week,

22Joka kuukaus karittan kantaa.Every month bears a lamb.

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.

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