Läksinkö piennä paimeneen

SKVR XII1 167·Suomussalmi·1882·Collector: Krohn, Kaarle

In the SKVR edition: Suomussalmi. Krohn 0438. -82. Röntylä. Liisa Juntunen, 80 v. Isävainaalta, joka oli karhuntappaja.

SKVR textEnglish

1Läksinkö piennä paimeneen,Did I go as a little shepherd,

2Lassa lammasten ajohon.To Lassa to herd the sheep,

3Lehmät sotkit vehkasoita,The cows muddied the sedge marshes,

4Lampahat palomäkiä;The sheep the burnt hills;

5Minä itkin enimmän osan,I wept the greatest part,

6Sukan suun likavumatta,Without the sock's edge dirtying,

7Kenkän kauon kastumatta.Without the shoe's throat wetting.

8Ylkä vastahan tulevi,A youth comes toward me,

9Ylkä istuu tyvelle(en) puuta,The youth sits at the tree's base,

10Minä lapsi latvapuoleen;Me, a child, to the treetop side;

11Kysyttelen, lausuttelen:I ask, I utter:

12- Kävitkös minun kotona?Did you visit my home?

13Kuusikko on kojan eessä,A spruce grove is before the hut,

14Pihlajikko pirtin päällä,A rowan grove on the sauna's roof,

15Tammi keskellä pihoa,An oak in the yard's center,

16Kultakansi kaivon päällä,A golden lid on the well,

17Kultakauha kannen päällä,A golden ladle on the lid,

18Kultaneitonen nenässä.A golden maiden at the front.

19Sempä otan muorikseni,Thus I take her as my crone,

20Emännäkseni ehätän.I appoint her as my housewife.

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.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.