Olin orjanna Virossa

SKVR XIII1 304·Sakkola·1888·Collector: Neovius, A. D.

In the SKVR edition: Sakkola, Kiviniemi. Neovius 263. 18/2 88. Matti Adaminp. Ohvo. Synt. v. 1824.

SKVR textEnglish

1Olin orjanna Virossa,I was a slavewoman in Estonia,

2käin Virossa käskyläissä,I served in Estonia under command,

3otin otrat palkastein:I took barley as my wages:

4kylvin otrat Ruotsin maahan,I sowed barley in Sweden's soil,

5viskasin Viron saroille.I cast [it] onto Estonia's sedge-marshes.

6Kylvin kymmenen vakkoo,I sowed ten sheaves,

7sain tuosta sata kekkoo.from that I got a hundred stacks.

8Oli oinas otrassain:A ram was in my barley:

9otin oinon päästä sarvet,I took the horns from the ram's head,

10vein sarvet sepän paijaa.brought the horns to the smith's forge.

11Tuost mie tietin kanteloisen,From that I made a kantele,

12millä soittelin sovassa,with which I played in harmony,

13alla linnan liirittelin.under the castle I made it ring.

14Tuota kaikki kuunteliitAll of you listened to that

15soittoo pojan sokian,to the playing of the blind boy,

16pojan raukan ramputusta.to the wretched boy's fumbling tune.

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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