Mettän kultanen kuningas

SKVR X2 4276·Honkajoki·1852·Collector: Paldani, P. A.

In the SKVR edition: Hongonjoki. Paldani n. 81 a. -52.

SKVR textEnglish

Suden ja karhun suun sulkemiseksi.

1Mettän kultanen kuningas,Golden king of the forest,

2Mettän tyynet tyttäröiset,Gentle daughters of the forest,

3Kunnas tulet karjan maalle,When you come to the cattle's land,

4Paneʿ maata mättähälle,Lie down on the earthen mound,

5Ettei karjani kammahtelisi,So my cattle won't be hindered,

6Pienet sorkat pemmahtelisi;Their small hooves won't sink;

7Meneʿ sillon soita myöten,Go then along the swamps,

8Kun karjani mäkiä myöten,When my cattle take the hills,

9Mene sillon mäkiä myöten,Go then along the hills,

10Kun karjani soita myöten.When my cattle take the swamps.

11Hevoiset puiksi, mun omani puun luppoisiksi!Turn horses to trees, my own to rotten stumps!

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.

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