Minä menin Mullilasta

SKVR XI 9·Laihia·1887·Collector: Kotkanen, Juho

In the SKVR edition: Laihia. Kotkanen n. 430. -87.

SKVR textEnglish

Villain vaihto.

1Minä menin MullilastaI went from Mullila

2Mustia villoja vaihtamhan,to exchange black wools,

3Mullilan musta koiraMullila's black dog

4Tuli mullen haukkumhan.came to bark at me.

5Minä hyppäsin airallen,I leapt onto the oar,

6Aita kaatuu kahren pualen.the fence fell to the reef's side.

7Minä lennin lepisthön,I flew into the alder grove,

8Lepistö muuttuu mereksi.the grove turned to sea.

9Meres oli saaruinen,The sea was island-strewn,

10Saaruises oli kivuinen,the islands were rocky,

11Kivuisen nenäs neulainen,on the rocky one's nose, a needle,

12Neulaisen nenäs tupainen.on the needle's nose, a sheath.

13Tuvas oli neljä neitsyttä:In the house were four maidens:

14Yksi valoo vaskia,One cast copper,

15Toinen holoo hopiaa,another tended silver,

16Kolmas kutoo kultavyötä,the third wove a golden belt,

17Neljäs itki veliiänsä,the fourth wept for her brother,

18Jok' oli nuarna sothan viäty.who’d been taken to war in youth.

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.

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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