Mikä sorsi sorian äänen

SKVR XIII1 1781·Rautu·1854·Collector: Ahlqvist, A. E.

In the SKVR edition: Rautu. Ahlqvist A 494. 54.

SKVR textEnglish

1Mikä sorsi sorian äänen,What broke the sleek voice,

2kaatoi äänen kaunokkaisen,felled the fair voice,

3kukisti kumian äänen?overthrew the honored voice?

4Kylän alta kylmä juoksi,From under the village, cold rushed,

5maan alta vesi makia,from under the earth, sweet water,

6join tuosta joesta vettä,I drank from that river's water,

7lapoin vettä lammikosta,scooped water from the pond,

8meni kuitu kulkkuhuni,it went as fiber into my throat,

9kitahani kiisken ruota,to my palate, the perch's spine,

10tuo sorsi sorian äänen,that broke the sleek voice,

11kaatoi äänen kaunokkaisen,felled the fair voice,

12kukisti kumian äänen:overthrew the honored voice:

13Ulos kuitu kulkustani,Out, fiber from my throat,

14kiastani kiisken ruota,from my resin, the perch's spine,

15anna soia sorian äänen,let the sleek voice resound,

16äänen kaunon kaljahella!the fair voice by the beer-stove!

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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