Ii, mii, mistäs tiesit tänne tulla?

In the SKVR edition: Alatornio. PLK. A 106. -15. Alavojakkalan kk:n oppilaat.

SKVR textEnglish

1Ii, mii, mistäs tiesit tänne tulla?"Oh, hey, how did you know to come here?"

2Jumalan lehmiä paimenesta."From tending God’s cattle as a shepherd."

3Mitä sait palkaksesi?"What did you receive as your payment?"

4Viisi, kuusi poikalasta."Five, six little sons."

5Mikä niitten nimet oli?"What were their names?"

6Iivari, Kaavari, Kuuvari,"Iivari, Kaavari, Kuuvari,"

7Pikilangan pistäjä, nokilangan nostaja."The thorn-thread piercer, the soot-thread lifter."

8Tehe mulle nipottimet, napottimet,"Make me pinching-tools, pecking-tools,"

9Jotta pääsen naimaan!"So I can go to wed!"

10Mistä kaukaa?"From what far place?"

11Pietarin takkaa."From behind Peter’s stove."

12Ketä sieltä?"Who from there?"

13Mustan Maijan tyttöjä."Black Maija’s daughters."

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.

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