Laito me kaunoin kallaan

SKVR XIII1 367·Sakkola·1848·Collector: Reinholm, H. A.

In the SKVR edition: Sakkola. Reinholm N II 29. 48.

Song type: Sulhonsa kylvettäjä

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1Laito me kaunoin kallaan,I set the fair one to the shore,

2Armahain ahvenehen.The beloved to the perch-fishing.

3Ei kauno kaloja saanut,The fair one caught no fish,

4Armahain ei ahvenia.The beloved no perch.

5Läksin mie itse kallaan,I myself went to the shore,

6Panin me verkot selkähein,I set nets on the back-hay,

7Kiviriipat rinnoillein.Stone pendants on my chest.

8Sousin niemet, sousin soaret;I rowed capes, rowed islands;

9Joka saarell sain kalloi,On each island, I got rocks/fish,

10Joka luotoloill lohhii,In every shallow, salmon,

11Joka niemell nieriäistä.On each cape, grayling.

12Menin me maalle keittämähäI went ashore to cook,

13Isän pitkillä pinoilla,On father's long woodpiles,

14Veikon vestoslastusilla.On brother's boat cargo.

15Kuoret konttiin kokoisin,I bundled scales/bark,

16Kannon nuoita sulhon syyvä.Brought those for the groom to eat.

17Sulho syöpi kiittelööpi:The groom ate and praised:

18"Hyvä on tämäki ruoka"Good is even this food

19Syyvä miehen saamattoman."For a man who caught nothing."

20Läm̄itin metosen saunanI heated the forest sauna,

21Metosilla halkoloilla.With forest logs.

22Kylvin itse kylläksein,I bathed myself fully,

23Viell' mun kylpiit vierahain.Still my guests bathed.

24Lämmitin häkäisen saunanI heated the sooty sauna,

25Häkäsillä halkoloilla;With sooty logs;

26Laito sulhon kylpömähän.Put the groom to bathe.

27Minkä sulho vettä huusi,Whatever water the groom called,

28Sen mä löylyn lisäisi.That I added to the steam.

29Tul mun sääly säätöjäin,Came my adjusted fish,

30Syvän-kuuro kultajain,Deep-deaf golden ones,

31Tempasin tukista maahan,I yanked from the hair to ground,

32Loin tukista selkähäin,Made from hair onto my back,

33Suolla vein sotkuportahiksi,To the swamp as muddy steps,

34Sillaks likasioille;As bridges for the filthy;

35Pään pani suolle mättähäksi,Head became a swamp hummock,

36Silmät suolle karpaloksi,Eyes swamp cranberries,

37Suun pani suolle lähteheksi.Mouth a swamp spring.

38Meni me tuota katsomahaWent to see that

39Viien kūen viikon päästä,After five weeks,

40Mitä mun sulhoin tekköö.What my groom had done.

41Um̄iskenkii ompeloo.He's sewing shoes,

42Kelles nuoita kenkosii?For whom does he sew those?

43Sulho vasten vastajeli:*The groom answered back:*

44"Kelles muille ko ei siulle,"For whom else but you,

45Ku hyvälle konsanānki."As for a good wife always."

46Otin me sulhon sulleen,I took the groom to his place,

47Kannon tuvan pöyvän päähän,Brought him to the table's head,

48Syötin sulhon, juotin sulhon,Fed the groom, gave him drink,

49Panin sulhon makkoam̄aha,Put the groom to sleep,

50Itse viereen ven̄ähän.Myself lay down beside.

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.

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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-071878 · Read at SKS ↗

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