Minä menin muille maille
In the SKVR edition: Tyrvää. Kullaa. n. 6. -6/1 03. Kalle Harjunpää, 60 v. Kuullut isältään. [Alku Pakenevan runoa, loppuosa Kuulin kurjen kullertavan.]
SKVR textEnglish
1Minä menin muille mailleI went to other lands
2Mustia villoja vahettaan.To exchange black woolens.
3Koira toi korppi rotan,The dog brought a raven, a rat,
4Rupes minua haukkumaan.It began to bark at me.
5Minä menin aidan päälle,I climbed onto a fence,
6Aita sortui alleni,The fence collapsed beneath me,
7Minä lehtohon lehahdin,I dashed into the grove,
8Lehto muuttui mereksi.The grove turned into a sea.
9Mitä löytyi meressä?What was found in the sea?
10Siellä löytyi saari.There was found an island.
11Mitä löytyi saaressa?What was found on the island?
12Saaressa oli lehto.On the island was a grove.
13Mitä löytyi lehossa?What was found in the grove?
14Lehossa oli tupanen.In the grove was a small cottage.
15Ketä oli tuvassa?Who was in the cottage?
16Tuvassa oli neljä neittä:In the cottage were four maidens:
17Yksi suri isoansa,One grieved for her father,
18Joka nuorna merehen sortui,Who perished young in the sea,
19Toinen suri emoansa,Another grieved for her mother,
20Joka suruistansa murtui,Who broke from her sorrows,
21Kolmas itki siskoansa,The third wept for her sister,
22Joka nuorena katosi,Who vanished in youth,
23Neljäs itki sulhoansa,The fourth wept for her suitor,
24Joka sodassa sotivi,Who fought in battle,
25Armaitansa puolustavi.Defending his beloved.
26Viivyin vähäisen tuvassa,I lingered briefly in the cottage,
27Viivyin päivän, viivyin toisen,I lingered a day, lingered another,
28Jo päivänä kolmantenaOn the third day
29Läksin matkaani jatkamahan.I set off to continue my journey.
30Kuljin päivän, kuljin toisen,I traveled a day, traveled another,
31Saman vetosen rannikoita.Along the same water's shores.
32Jo päivänä kolmantenaOn the third day
33Saavuin lahen lahkehelleI arrived at the bay's inlet,
34Niemen nimettömän nenälle,To a nameless peninsula's tip,
35Mäen puuttoman kupeille.To a treeless hill's slopes.
36Lahen päässä oli niitty,At the bay's end was a meadow,
37Niityn keskellä oli lato,In the meadow's center was a barn,
38Ladossa oli lautiainen.In the barn was a wooden trough.
39Kuulin kurjen ladossa kuhertava,I heard a crane cooing in the barn,
40Menin lähemmäksi latoa,I went closer to the barn,
41Löin kurkea kupuhun,I struck the crane on the head,
42Kurki meni kontillensa,The crane fell on its legs,
43Minä päälle polvilleni,I knelt over it,
44Tapoin kurjen kokonansa,I killed the crane completely,
45Heitin säkkiin selkääni,Threw it in a sack on my back,
46Kannoin kauniisti markkinoille;Carried it neatly to market;
47Myin sen siellä ryssänkuoharille,Sold it there to a Russian scoundrel,
48Sain hältä rahaa sarvellisen;Got a hornful of money from him;
49Ostin sillä mustan pukin,Bought a black goat with it,
50Jolla ratsastin kotiin,Rode it home,
51Että ilma humisiSo that the air hummed
52Ja portit kaikki kumisi.And all gates rattled.
53Kotona kumua kuullellahan,At home, hearing the noise,
54Luullan ryssän ryöstään tulevan.I thought Russians were coming to plunder.
55Karja kootaan kiireestiThe cattle were gathered hastily,
56Ja paetaan pois metsään.And fled into the woods.
57Kun mä pääsen kotiaWhen I reached home,
58Lähden heitä hakemahan.I went to seek them.
59Löydän viimein metsästäI found at last in the forest
60Vaimot, lapset lyykyllänsä.Wives and children huddled.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-053931 · Read at SKS ↗
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