Neito kasvo Saksan moassa

SKVR XIII1 207·Sakkola·1877·Collector: Borenius, A. A.

In the SKVR edition: Sakkola, Vaskela. Borenius 64. 11/1 77. Nasto, Poavon leski, n. 35 v.

SKVR textEnglish

Ilovirsi (tanssi).

1Neito kasvo Saksan moassa,The maiden grew in the foreign land,

2Yleni ylä kylässä,She grew up in the lofty village,

3Kasvo liian kaunehekseShe grew too fair of form,

4Yleni ylen somakse,She became surpassingly lovely,

5Kasvo miirun mieltä myöteShe grew to match the suitor's desire,

6Vallam poikii varakse.As wealth for the mighty youths.

7Alko miiru mielistellä,The suitor began to woo her,

8Valla pojat valmistella.The mighty youths made ready.

9Mie on vaste vahtajeli:*I, the guard, retorted:*

10Ennek meiltä neijo soattaBefore you take our maiden,

11Kulluilt kullat kukkarosta,Gold coins from the purse,

12Kulluit pankosta paperitGolden papers from the vault,

13Hopianna hoikennuotoSilver in slender form,

14Vaset varmoam männyötCopper has surely vanished—

15Käyt miirii miittimässaSuitors come courting,

16Pojat valla vahtimassa:The mighty boys stand guard:

17Ei täyvy tätä tytöstäThis girl is not enough

18Kahe vallan kaunosille.For two mighty beauties.

19Läks o liukas liukumoaneThe sly one slid off,

20Kuko sulka suljumoaneThe cuckoo's feather closed,

21Läks höyhe höytämeäneThe down flew with the wind,

22Liukas liuku, höyhe höysiSly slid, down blew,

23Höyhen lens höpsytteli,The feather fluttered away,

24Kuko sulka paljo sulju,The cuckoo's feather shut tight,

25Liukas liuku sille moalleThe sly slid to that land

26Mille moalle puut punaiset,Where trees are red,

27Puut punaiset, moat siniset,Red trees, blue earth,

28Keltaist om petäjän kerkät,Yellow are the pine crowns,

29Hopiasto honkan oksat,Silvered the pine's branches,

30Vaskist on katajan varvat,Copper the juniper's twigs,

31Tina tippu'u kivestäTin drips from stone,

32Vask o vuoresta valluupi.Copper flows from the mountain.

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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