Tuli veikko vierahiksi

SKVR XIII1 114·Sakkola·1848·Collector: Reinholm, H. A.

In the SKVR edition: Sakkola. Reinholm N I 31. 48.

Song types: Emännän kolme kieltä, En tohi kotiin korven kukkasitta, Hevonen kadonnut veljeltä, Tunnen tuulet, tunnen tyynet

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1Tuli veikko vierahiksiA brother came as a guest,

2Kahelle kanan munalle,To two hen's eggs,

3Kaheksalle kahkaralle,To eight small loaves,

4Yheksälle voipytylle,To nine butter pots,

5Kymmenälle jyrkiälle.To ten benches.

6Syötin veikon, juotin veikon,I fed the guest, I gave him drink,

7Vei veikon makkoaman;Led the guest to rest;

8Panin länget lämpimähän,I placed logs in warmth,

9Suitset suojaan siiaan.Harness under shelter.

10Hävis veikolta heponen,The guest's horse vanished,

11Laito rengit etsimähän,Sent servants to search,

12Rengit etsiit kirvesvartta,Servants sought axe handles,

13Laiton piiat etsimähän,Sent maids to search,

14Piiat etsiit pirtapuita.Maids sought sauna logs.

15Mäni itse etsimähäI went searching myself

16Kahen kolme koiran kansa,With two or three dogs,

17Viien kuuven villahännän;Five or six wool-tailed hounds;

18Koirat sotkiit suota myöten,Dogs muddied the marsh,

19Itse marsin maata myöten.I marched along the land.

20Nousin suurelle kivelle,I climbed a great stone,

21Korkialle kukkulalle.A lofty hill.

22Kuuntelime, kääntelime:We listened, we turned:

23Kuulin kellon kilkahuksen,I heard a bell's jingle,

24Porokellon poukahuksenA reindeer bell's clang.

25Ollin otra närtehellä,At Olli's barley edge,

26Paavalin papu kieolla,Paavali's beans on stakes,

27Herra (Heikin) heinä pieleksellä.Lord Heikki's hay in stacks.

28Panin mie kulta suitset sūhun,I put gold reins in mouth,

29Hopiaiset päitset päähän;Silver headgear on head;

30Ajoin rannat raksutellen,Rode shores clattering,

31Hieka pellot helskytellen.Sand fields resounding.

32Vesi silmille sirai,Water splashed to eyes,

33Hiekka parsku paijallei.Sand spattered on cheeks.

34Tuli Vanhi vastahai,The Old One came opposing,

35Kulta kukii kiäessä,Gold clinked in stirrups,

36Vaski-varpoja seass.Copper toes amidst.

37Mie nuoita anelemahan:I begged to them:

38"En hirvi kotia mennä"I won't go home

39Ilman korven kukkasia,Without forest flowers,

40Metsä mielitä hyvitä.The woods' mind-gifts.

41Anopp on susi tuvassa,Mother-in-law's a wolf indoors,

42App' on karhu kartanolla,Father-in-law a bear outdoors,

43Nato o naklana ovessa,Sister-in-law bent at door,

44Kyty kylmä kynnyksellä."Hearth cold on threshold."

45Tunnen tuulen, tunnen tyynen,I know wind, I know calm,

46Tunnen vaimon vastarinnan:I know a wife's resistance:

47En tunne em̄ännän kieltä.I don't know the mistress' tongue.

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-071625 · Read at SKS ↗

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