Sauan laulan, lapsi kaksi
In the SKVR edition: Suomussalmi. Krohn 0520. -82. Keminvaara. Anna Haaranen, 44 v. Kuullut Lohilahen muorilta Mari Lohilahdelta.
SKVR textEnglish
1Sauan laulan, lapsi kaksi,I sing of Saua, two children,
2Tule Jumala kolmanneksi,Come, God, as the third,
3Neitsy Maaria neljänneksi,Virgin Mary as the fourth,
4Isä viisas viienneksi,Wise father as the fifth,
5Äiti kulta kuuenneksi,Golden mother as the sixth,
6Setä rukka seitsemänneksi,Wretched uncle as the seventh,
7Kaija kaheksanneksi,Kaija as the eighth,
8Yrjänä yheksänneksi,Yrjänä as the ninth,
9Kylän lapse(t) kymmenneksi!Village children as the tenth!
10Koirapa haukku minulle oravan,The dog barked me a squirrel,
11Minä oravan papille,I [gave] the squirrel to the priest,
12Pappipa minulle liinapaian,The priest [gave] me a linen shirt,
13Minä paian vaivaselle,I [gave] the shirt to the ailing one,
14Vaivanen minulle vasikan,The ailing one [gave] me a calf,
15Josta kasvo suuri sonni:From which grew a great bull:
16Toinen sarvi maata viili,One horn scraped the earth,
17Toinen taivasta jakasi,The other split the sky,
18Häntäkö heilu Hämehessä,Its tail swung in Häme,
19Pääkö torkku Torniossa.Its head drowsed in Tornio.
(Josta lähti)
20Seihtemän venettä verta,Seven boatloads of blood,
21Sata saavia lihoa,A hundred tubs of flesh,
22Kuusi tynnöriä kuuta.Six barrels of moonlight.
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.
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-062684 · Read at SKS ↗
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