Mikä tuolta kaukaa näkyy?
In the SKVR edition: Mouhijärvi. Järvinen. n. 24. -53. [Sama Reinholmilla SMMY:n kok. kaps. 33.]
SKVR textEnglish
1Mikä tuolta kaukaa näkyy?What is seen yonder afar?
2Kylä tuolta kaukaa näkyy.A village is seen yonder afar.
3Mikä kylän alitte juoksee?What runs beneath the village?
4Joki kylän alitte juoksee.A river runs beneath the village.
5Mikä joen keskustalla?What is at the river's center?
6Kenttä joen keskustalla.A field at the river's center.
7Mikä kentän keskustalla?What is at the field's center?
8Lähde kentän keskustalla.A spring at the field's center.
9Mikä sen lähteen silmässä?What's in the spring's eye?
10Kivi sen lähteen silmassä.A stone in the spring's eye.
11Mikä kiven kihkaralla?What's on the stone's protrusion?
12Kirves kiven kihkaralla.An axe on the stone's protrusion.
13Mikä sen kirven lavalla?What's on the axe's blade?
14Aitta sen kirven lavalla.A storehouse on the axe's blade.
15Mitä siellä aitassa?What's there in the storehouse?
16Viisi nuorta neitsykäistä,Five young maidens,
17Yksi kutoo kultavyötä,One weaves a golden belt,
18Toinen huittaa kulta huita,Another swings golden strands,
19Kolmas harjaa hapsukkoita,The third combs tassels,
20Neljäs sitelee silkkiä,The fourth winds silk,
21Viides istuu kynnyksellä,The fifth sits on the threshold,
22Itkee nuorta veljeänsä,Weeping for her young brother,
23Kuin ennen sodan aikana,As in former war times,
24Poijes tuli muilla mailla.He departed to other lands.
25Harakka hyppäs ikkunalle,A magpie hopped to the window,
26Kysy aitan ikkunalta:Asked from the storehouse window:
27"Mitä itket neitsyseni?""Why weep, my maiden?"
28"Itken nuorta veljeäni,"I weep for my young brother,
29Kuin ennen sodan aikana,As in former war times,
30Poijes tuli muilla mailla."He departed to other lands."
31"Mitäs lupaat neitsyseni,"What will you promise, maiden,
32Sanon sinun nuoren veljes?"If I tell your young brother?"
33"Ison kirkon kultinensa,"A great church with its gold,
34Kappelin kirkon hopeinensa."A chapel church with silver."
35"Se on: yhdeksän meren takana,"It lies: beyond nine seas,
36Laivan ison haltiana,As master of a great ship,
37Perämelan pitäjänä."Ruler of the Hinterlands."
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
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Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-053933 · Read at SKS ↗
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