Tuli veikko vierahiksi

SKVR XIII1 126·Uusikirkko Vpl.·1847·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Uusikirkko, Sykiälä. Europ. K. 531. 47.

SKVR textEnglish

1Tuli veikko vierahiksi:Brother came as a guest:

2Syötin veikon, juotin veikonI fed the brother, gave him drink,

38lla kakkaralla,on a barley crust,

49llä voipytyllä;on a butter-stocked dish;

5Karkais veikolta hevonen.The horse fled from the brother.

6Laitoin pii'at ezimähän;I sent maids to search;

7Pii'at etsiit pirtapuita;Maids sought birch-bark woods;

8Laitom rengit ezimähän;I sent farmhands to search;

9Rengit ezit reslapuita.Farmhands sought sled timbers.

10Mänin ize etsimähänI went myself to search

115n koirani keralla:with my dogs:

12Koirat sotkiit soita myöten,Dogs muddied through swamps,

13Ize telkin teitä myöten.I followed the roads.

14Mänin suurelle mä'elle:I went to the great hill:

15Kuulin kellon kilkahuksen,I heard a bell's clinking,

16Porokellon poukahuksen.A reindeer bell's clanging.

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.

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