Lähes kulta kulkemahan
In the SKVR edition: Ristijärvi. Krohn 0271. -82. Kemppaala. Juhana Kemppainen, yli 50 v.
SKVR textEnglish
Karhu.
1Lähes kulta kulkemahan,Approach, golden one, to journey,
2Hopea vajeltamahanSilver, to advance,
3Hopeaista tietä myöten,Along the silvered path,
4Vaskista vajoa myötenAlong the copper descent,
5Vasten varvikkomäkeä,Toward the thicket hill,
6Vasten vuorta korkeata!Toward the lofty mountain!
7Poispa poiat porstuvesta,Away, lads, from the porch,
8Piiat pihtipuoliselta,Maidens from the threshold,
9Urohon tultua tupahan,When the hero enters the house,
10Miesten mäntyä mäjelle!Men must go to the dwelling!
11Tupa on tehty miesten tulla,The house is built for men to come,
12Talli seisoa hevosten.The stable to hold horses.
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-069212 · Read at SKS ↗
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