Heretää jo, heitellää jo
In the SKVR edition: Metsäpirtti, Vaskela. Kansallismuseo Vahter 8. 30. Prokon Nasto, 74 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Heretää jo, heitellää jo,Awaken now, stir into motion,
2Luoaan ja lepotellaanWe prepare and then repose,
3Tämä iltasen ilonen,This joyful little evening,
4Tämän ruasan (kerta) rallatokset.This rose’s (or feast’s) merry time.
5Kukot laulaat jo kyläll',Roosters sing in the village now,
6Hoikkasääret hoiluaa.Slender legs sway and swing.
7Lähttän pois makoamaanI’ll leave to recline elsewhere,
8Kukkii kullasen kerall',With golden flowers in company,
9Kanasein kainaloon.To Kanasein’s side I’ll go.
10Kellei oo kullaist kotona,Who lacks a golden one at home,
11Se kylästä etsiköön,Let them seek one in the village,
12Sill' olkoon sirkkane sivussa,For them, a cricket by their side,
13Kasinpoika kainaloss'.A bachelor tucked beneath their arm.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-073453 · Read at SKS ↗
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