Lähtään pois pojat kottiin
In the SKVR edition: Rautu. Slöör I 45. 54.
SKVR textEnglish
1Lähtään pois pojat kottiinLet's leave, boys, for home
2Oikeen omille mailleRight to our own lands
3Täältä maalta vierahalta,From this foreign land,
4Tuki tuntemattomalta;From unfamiliar steadiness;
5Tääll' ei muut miuista tunne,Here, others don't know me,
6Mie vaan muita tunnustelen,I only recognize others,
7Tääll' ei muut miulle haasta,Here, others don't speak to me,
8Mie vaan muita haastattelen.I only question others.
9Venäläistä veikoksein,With Russian brothers,
10Venakkoo sisareksein.With Russian sisters.
11Venäläisest mie sain veikon,From a Russian I got a brother,
12Venakost sisaren.From a Russian, a sister.
13Jo kotona koikutaan,Already at home they call,
14Jo majoilla mainitaan.Already in dwellings they mention.
15Kyll' ei muut kotona koikuYet others don't call at home
16Eikä mainitse majoilla,Nor mention in dwellings,
17Isä koikkuu kotonaFather calls at home
18Ja majoilla mainitsee.And mentions in dwellings.
19Taas' on poika pois männyt,Again the son has gone away,
20Taas' ei koiraa oo kotona,Again no dog is at home,
21Taas' on koira koinulassa,Again the dog's in the kennel,
22Narri naimass on kylällä.The fool's married in the village.
23Hiihäin hiljaan mie kottiin,I sneaked quietly home,
24Hiihän hiljaan tuppaan:Sneak quietly I enter:
25Puhuin tulta, pi'in puhetta,I spoke fire, restrained talk,
26Varustin valesannoi,Armed myself with lies,
27Mytystelin myssyjäin,Adjusted my hats,
28Kohentelin kolpakoista.Straightened my fur hats.
29Iso istu kiukualla,Father sat by the stove,
30Eukko laapo lattialla.Old woman lay on the floor.
31Iso kyssyy miult:Father asks me:
32"Miks mänit kurviin kuttuun,"Why went to crooked ditches,
33Keukosiin kestilöiä?"To paupers' guesthouses?"
34Mie siitt vasten vastaelin:I thereupon answered:
35"Olt' en kurviin ku'ull,"I wasn't in crooked paths,
36Keukosiin en kestilöissä,Not in paupers' guesthouses,
37Olin puolta poikemmalla,I was halfway aside,
38Kappaletta loitemmalla."A piece further away."
39Iso hauteli halollaFather thrashed with a whip
40Sekä pieksi pirkalella,And beat with a birch rod,
41Hauto hartiat hyväksi,Made shoulders good,
42Peräpuolet pehmiäksi.Buttocks soft.
43Mie kysyin isoseltain:I asked Father:
44"Miks mie kylvin kylmän saunan,"Why did I bathe in cold sauna,
45Löylyttömän löyhöttelin?"Steamed without steam?"
46Iso vasten vastaeli:Father answered:
47"Sen on tähteen tää siulle,"This is because for you,
48Miksi menit kurviin kutuun,Why you went to crooked spawn,
49Keukosien kestilöihin."To paupers' guesthouses."
50"Olt' en kurvien ku'ussa,"I wasn't in the crowd of crooks,
51Keukosien keskosissa,Among paupers' midst,
52Miulle tul tupakan tuska,To me came tobacco's torment,
53Sarvijauhoist sanoma:A message from horn flour:
54Mie siit kyykkytin kyläänFrom there I squatted to the village
55Sekä naartsin naapuriin,And groveled to the neighbor,
56Siell mie viivyin viikommaksi:There I lingered for a week:
57Anna, Matti, sarviaisi,"Give, Matti, horned ones,
58Tuttavainen tuusiaasi,Friend, your ash-tree things,
59Miullen tul tupakan tuska,To me came tobacco's torment,
60Sarven jauhoista sanoma.A message from horn's flour."
61Matti antoi sarviaase,Matti gave to the horned one,
62Tuttavainen tuusiaase.The friend to the ash-tree one.
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-072974 · Read at SKS ↗
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