Läksin piennä paimenehen
In the SKVR edition: Suomussalmi. Krohn 0478. -82. Peranganniemi. Riitu Räisänen, 67 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Läksin piennä paimenehen,I went as a small shepherd,
2Lassa lammasten ajohon,To let the sheep out to pasture,
3Lehmät sotkit vehkasoita,The cows trampled the bracken,
4Lampahat palomäkiä.The sheep [grazed] on burnt hills.
5Minä ite kivi kiveltä,I myself, stone from stone,
6Punapaulan painumatta.Unyielding the red strap.
7Rämähytin räystäspuita,I clattered the eaves posts,
8Kolahutin koan ovea.Banged the shed door.
9Sieltä neitonen sirahti.There the maiden slipped out.
10- Mitä itket, neitoseni?Why weep, my maiden?
11Alta rinnan airot soipi,Under the breast, ribs protrude,
12Päältä rinnan pää näkyvi.Over the breast, the head shows.
13Elä itke veikkoasi,Do not weep for your brother,
14Tuoltapa veikkosi tulevi.From there your brother comes.
15Mitä mulle veikko tuopi?What will my brother bring me?
16Tuopi uuet uuiskengät.He brings new birch-bark shoes.
17Mitäpä minä veikolleni?What shall I give my brother?
18Annan paian palmukaisen,I’ll give an embroidered shirt,
19(Joka ei) kutkuta kuvenlihoja,That won’t chafe the thighs,
20Eikä kaiva kainaloita.Nor rub the armpits raw.
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-062741 · Read at SKS ↗
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