Tul' miul' vello vierahiks'

SKVR XIII1 112·Rautu·1915·Collector: Paavilainen, Albert

In the SKVR edition: Rautu, Vakkila. Paavilainen, A. 2. 15. Helena Haukka.

Song types: Hevonen kadonnut veljeltä, Kyllä on miulla virtosia, Laulajan lopetussanoja, Vieläk laulan, vain on kyllä

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Liekkuvirs.

1Tul' miul' vello vierahiks'A brother came to me as a guest

2kahella kanan munalla,With two hen's eggs,

3kaheksalla kakkaralla.With eight small loaves.

4Syötin vellon, juotin vellon,I fed the brother, I gave the brother drink,

5Sain vellon makailemaan.I made the brother lie down to rest.

6Riisuin vellolt hevosen,I took the horse from the brother,

7panin länket lämpymää,Put the reins to warm,

8suitset suojan sissää,The bridle in the shelter's interior,

9päitset päivä rintamaa.The halter on day's breast.

10Hävis velloin miun hevone,My brother's horse vanished,

11laiton renkit etsimää.I sent servants to search.

12Renkit etsiit reslapuuta.Servants sought shaft-wood.

13Laiton piijat etsimää;I sent maids to search;

14Piijat etsiit pirtapuuta.Maids sought sauna-wood.

15Laiton lapset etsimää,I sent children to search,

16lapset etsiit lastuloi.Children sought wood chips.

17Laiton tytöt etsimää,I sent girls to search,

18tytöt etsiit tyttilöi.Girls sought girl-things.

19Menin itse etsimää,I went myself to search,

20nousin suuren mäen pääll',Ascended a great hill's peak,

21kahen kolmen koiran kans',With two-three dogs,

22viijen kuuven villahännän.Five-six wool-tailed ones.

23Kuulin kellon kilkahuksen,Heard a bell's jingling,

24porokellon poukahuksen,A reindeer bell's clanking,

25papin lesken lehmän kellon.The priest's widow's cowbell.

26Löyt' velloin miun hevone.Found my brother's horse.

27Vieläk laulan, vai on kyllä?Still I sing, or is it enough?

28Pijan minust piisojaa!Let the parish scribe me!

29Oha miull' virtosiiI have streams

30niiko seinähirtosii.Like wall-hangers.

31Viell' on pussi puolillaa,The bag's still half-full,

32säkki suur suuta myöte.The great sack by mouth's measure.

33Olkuo sill', jääkyö täll',Let it be for them, stay for these,

34Huojunnalle, vuojunnalle,To swayers, to streamers,

35ei sanohen puutumalle,Not to the word-weary,

36paremmille laulajille!To better singers!

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.

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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-071623 · Read at SKS ↗

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