Neitonen mäellä itki

In the SKVR edition: Metsäpirtti, Vaskela. Koskivaara 85. 13. Jerlan Oute, 80 v. Kuuli omasta kylästä.

SKVR textEnglish

1Neitonen mäellä itki,The maiden wept on the hill,

2vesitiellä vieritteli,Along the waterway she wandered,

3kaivotiell kallotteli.By the well-path she lingered.

4Puuttu kulta kuulemua;The beloved missed her call;

5tul' on kulta kutsumua,Now the darling comes when summoned,

6oma armas oppimua.My own dear has learned to obey.

7Lähe en kullan kutsunnall',I’ll not go at gold’s command,

8oman en armuan on opill.Nor my sweetheart’s instruction.

9Käin tietä pikkaraise,I walked the road a little,

10matkoa ani vähäsen,The journey just a trifle,

11isin jalkain kivvie,Placed my feet on stones,

12varpuan veräjäpuuhun,Toe against the gatepost,

13otsain omenuspuuhun.Forehead to the threshold-post.

14Käin tielle istumua,I went to sit on the road,

15kipijäistä katsomua:To watch for sparks:

16tul' kulta kutsumua,The darling came when called,

17oma armas oppimua.My own dear has learned to obey.

18Tulkuo iso kotont',Let the master come from home,

19pankuo puatin valjahii,Harness the gelding,

20essii emähevosen.Yoke the broodmare.

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.

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