Venäläinen verikoira
In the SKVR edition: Kittilä. Andersson, G. A. 3. -86. Augusta Silén, 15 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Venäläinen verikoiraA Russian bloodhound
2Tappoi isän, tappoi äidin,Killed my father, killed my mother,
3Lähti tappamaan minua.Set out to kill me.
4Minä juoksin kuusen alle.I ran beneath a spruce.
5Kuusi kaatui kahtajalle,The spruce fell split in two,
6Minä juoksin männyn alle.I ran beneath a pine.
7Mänty kaatui kahtajalle,The pine fell split in two,
8Minä juoksin aitan alle.I ran beneath a storehouse.
9Aitta kaatui kahtajalle,The storehouse fell split in two,
10Minä pääsin tien päälle.I reached the open road.
11Minä loysin kultaisen sauvan;I found a golden staff;
12Sauvan annoin ämmäselle.Gave the staff to an old crone.
13Ämmänen leipoi mulle kakun,The crone baked me a cake,
14Minä kakun kalamiehille.I gave the cake to fishermen.
15Kalamiehet mulle kaloja,The fishermen gave me fish,
16Minä kalat riihimiehille.I gave the fish to threshers.
17Riihimiehet mulle jyviä,The threshers gave me grain,
18Minä jyvät Tossoselle.I gave the grain to Tossonen.
19Tossonen mulle kylen,Tossonen gave me a village,
20Minä kylen koiraselle.I gave the village to a hound.
21Koiranen mulle oravan,The hound gave me a squirrel,
22Minä oravan pappiselle.I gave the squirrel to a priest.
23Pappinen mulle paian antoi,The priest gave me a shirt,
24Minä paian vaivasille.I gave the shirt to the poor.
25Vaivaset mulle koston,The poor gave me vengeance,
26Minä koston korkeuelle.I gave vengeance to the heights.
27Korkeus minulle siivet,The heights gave me wings,
28Joilla lensin puun tammeen.With which I flew to the oak tree.
29Siellä oli siki soki,There was mess and muddle,
30Siat sotkit, lehmät leivoit.Pigs wallowing, cows trampling.
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-063987 · Read at SKS ↗
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