Mänin piennä paimenee

SKVR XIII1 153·Sakkola·1887·Collector: Neovius, A. D.

In the SKVR edition: Sakkola. Neovius 361. 22/11 87. Yrjänä Kotti. Synt. v. 1830. (Antti Ohvon opettama.)

SKVR textEnglish

1Mänin piennä paimenee,I went as a small shepherd,

2kaikk oli metsät mettä täynnä,All the forests were full of honey,

3puun juuret punaista oltta.The tree's roots [were] red beer.

4Ostin tuopin, ostin toisen,I bought a cup, bought another,

5kohta kolmatta rupesin,Soon I started on the third,

6niin rupes nukuttammaa,Then [it] began to make [me] sleep,

7nukuin nurmelle hyvälle,I slept on the good meadow,

8vaivuin maalle vaikealle.I sank onto the harsh ground,

9Vora vei hyvän hevosen,A thief took the good horse,

10saaren kukkasen satulan,The island-flower saddle,

11suuren ruunan suitsineesen.The great gelding's bridle into [its place],

12päitsineesen päivinneesen.The reins with their days(?),

13Tulin itkein kottiin,I came crying home,

14iso aitassa assuup j.n.e.The big one lives in the granary, etc.

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.
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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