Laso laula, laula laula

SKVR XIII1 1555·Pyhäjärvi Vpl.·1877·Collector: Borenius, A. A.

In the SKVR edition: Pyhäjärvi. Borenius 16. 3/1 77. Jutana (Juhana Savolainen; laulajasuku).

SKVR textEnglish

1Laso laula, laula laula,Let me sing, sing, sing,

2Las vielä vähäise laula,Let me sing a little more,

3Laula lapsille remuksiSing for the children's joy,

4Ja ilokso itselleni!And for my own delight!

5Niin se luuluo moniki,So it is heard by many,

6Moni akka oatteluopi:Many a crone will gossip:

7Nyt se o justi juovuksissa;"Now he's truly in his cups;

8Ei uo poika viinavilla,That lad's not wine-drunk,

9Ei poika humala-hurja,Nor a drunken brute,

10Ilma on poika näin iloine.The lad's without such revels."

11Ei kumaja kuiva kulkku,No stooped, dry gait,

12Henk ei rasvata heläjä,Breath doesn't grease the chime,

13Kui uo voilla voitajaista,For he's with victor's butter,

14Rasvalla rakentajaista.With builder's fat.

15Eukko enne voilla voisi,Old women once used butter,

16Eukko rasvalla rakensi.Old women built with fat.

17Nyt kui ois viinoa visataNow if we had wine to pour,

18Putellista puoli verraHalf a bottle's measure,

19(Hitukk)(Hitukk)

20Meill ei piisoa pikari,We've no goblet enough,

21Yks ei jumpra juotavaksi,Not one jug to drink from,

22Joisi vajova vat'erka,A leaky vat would drink,

23Juom putelim puoliliesi,Drink half-spilled by me,

24Siit voa soipi sorja eäni,Then a fair voice resounds,

25Käis o eäni kaunokaine.The voice turned lovely.

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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