Mikä toi tua̯la kaukana näkyy?
In the SKVR edition: Tyrvää. Ojansuu A. H. n. 35. -00. Anna Stiina Iisakintytär, 66 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Mikä toi tua̯la kaukana näkyy?What is that yonder seen afar?
2Kylä toi tuala kaukana,That village there, far away,
3Kylä toi tuala kaukana.*That village there, far away.*
4Mikä toŋ kylän alittej juaksee?What runs beneath that village?
5Joki toŋ kylän_alitte,A river under that village,
6Joki toŋ kylän alitte.A river under that village.
7Mikä toj jojeŋ keskellä ompi?What is in that river's midst?
8Lastu jojeŋ keskellä.A wood-chip in the river's midst.
9Mitä sel lastun lappeella ompi?What's on that chip's flat side?
10Aitta lastul lappeella.A granary on the chip's flat side.
11Mitä sen_aitan sisäss_ompi?What's inside that granary?
12Neljä nuorta neitsykäistä.Four young maidens.
13Mitä ne siälä tyäksensät tekee?What work do they do there?
14Kyllä on tyvä kaikilla:All have their tasks indeed:
15Yksi kutoo kultavyätä,One weaves a golden belt,
16Toinen solkia sovittaa,Another fits rings,
17Kolmas harjaa hapsujansa,Third combs her tresses,
18Neljäs itkee nuarta veljeensä.Fourth weeps for her young brother.
19Joka nua̯rena sotaan viä̯tiin,Who was taken to war young,
20Lasna laval lastariks.As a child on a bier, to become ancestors.
21Tua̯la veljes pääkin näkyyThere the brother's head is seen
22Pappilav vainijon perällä.At the priest's field's edge.
23Hiukset kullan suartuvisaHair like twisted gold,
24Saksan saappaat jalasa.German boots on his feet.
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-053927 · Read at SKS ↗
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