Voi minun poloisen poian
In the SKVR edition: Sotkamo. Krohn 040. -82. Nissilä. Aukusti Väisänen, 52 v.
SKVR textEnglish
[Metsä].
1Voi minun poloisen poian,Alas, my wretched boy,
2Voi pojan polon alaisen,Alas, the boy of lowly status,
3Kuin ei kuulu koiriana,Since he’s not heard as a dog,
4Viiassa vikiseväksiWhining in a snare,
5Havon alla haukkuvaksi.Barking beneath the fir.
6Mehtolan metinen ammeMehtola’s honeyed tub,
7Hapata kuputteleviSours and bubbles,
8Kuus(en) kulta(kelkkaroilla ).On spruce’s golden sleds.
9Hiiva alla, hiiva päällä,Yeast below, yeast above,
10Keskellä olut punanen. -In the middle, red ale.
11Hiihata hihasta miestä,Glide the man by his sleeve,
12Takin helmasta taluta,Lead by the coat’s bead,
13Veä nyt verkakauluksesta,Pull by the net-collar now,
14Saata sauan sompelosta,Escort from the staff’s base,
15Saata sille saarekselle,Take him to that islet,
16Sille kummulle kuleta,To that echoing mound,
17Josta saalis saataisihin,Where the catch is brought,
18Erän tuoni tuotaisiin.The hunt’s death delivered.
19- - Joko nyt on piiat pirtin pessy,Have maids scrubbed the cottage,
20Naiset laattian lakassu,Women swept the floor?
21Joko nyt on karvat kattiloien,Are hairs on the pots now,
22Kynnet koukkuin nenissä?Claws on hooks’ tips?
23- - Asu aitovierelläni,Dwell by my barn’s side,
24Lepsehi kotilihoilla,Rest on homely meats,
25Yhet maat, eri evähät!Shared lands, split fare!
26Kuin sa kuulet karjan kellon,When you hear the herd’s bell,
27Hilkkavan hevosen kellon,The horse’s tinkling bell,
28Mene maata mättähälle,Go sleep on the hillock,
29Nurmelle nukahtamahan!On the meadow to slumber!
30Pane kaksi kämmentäsiPlace both your palms
31Kahen puolen kasvostasi,On either side of your face,
32Ettet kuulisi kumua,So you hear no echoes,
33Karjan kynnen kapsutusta!Nor the herd’s hoof-clatter!
34Kääri kynnet karvohiisi,Wrap claws into fur,
35Hampahat ikeni(h)isi,Teeth into your gums,
36Niinkuin talkkunamykyset!Like barley-dough lumps!
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.
- 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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-069129 · Read at SKS ↗
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