Liuvuin soita, liuvuin maita

SKVR XIII1 152·Sakkola·1848·Collector: Reinholm, H. A.

In the SKVR edition: Sakkola. Reinholm N I 35. 48.

SKVR textEnglish

1Liuvuin soita, liuvuin maita,I glided through swamps, I glided through lands,

2Liuvuin piennä pilpunmaita,I glided through small patchwork lands,

3(Pilpun pitkii vessii),(Of Pilppu's long waters),

4Siell oli metsät mettä täynnä,There the forests were full of honey,

5Puujuuret punaista oltta.Tree roots [flowed with] red ale.

6Ostin tuopin, ostin toisen,I bought a tankard, bought a second,

7Kohta kolmatta rupesin;Soon I began a third;

8Rupes' niin nukuttamahan,Then sleepiness overcame me,

9Mie sitt' nurmelle nukahin.I then collapsed on the meadow.

10Tuli nurmen nuorukainen,Came the meadow's young man,

11Tuli vora, vei hevoisenCame a thief, took the horse,

12Sekä vei saarnisen satulan.And took the elm-wood saddle.

13Mie sitt itkien kottii.I went home weeping.

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.

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