Laulan tähän talloon

SKVR XIII1 1867·Rautu·1854·Collector: Slöör, Kaarlo

In the SKVR edition: Rautu. Slöör I 19. (12) 54.

SKVR textEnglish

1Laulan tähän talloon,I sing into this house,

2Tammen keskitanhualla,In the oak's central clearing,

3Tammelle tasaiset oksat,To the oak, even branches,

4Joka oksalle omena,On each branch, an apple,

5Omenalle kultapyörä,On the apple, a golden wheel,

6Kultapyörälle käkönen.On the golden wheel, a cuckoo.

7Kuin käki kukahteloopi,As the cuckoo calls out,

8Niin syän pakahteloopi,So the heart bursts apart,

9Syän syttyy tulelle,The heart catches fire,

10Pää palolle paukahtaap.The head bursts into flame.

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.

Source

Text: SKVR (Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot), the digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.