Kävin mie piennä paimenessa

SKVR XIII1 437·Sakkola·1848·Collector: Reinholm, H. A.

In the SKVR edition: Sakkola. Reinholm N III 28. 48. Saara.

SKVR textEnglish

1Kävin mie piennä paimenessa,I went as a small shepherd,

2Lassa lammasten ajossa:In the herding of sheep:

3Ei mä pillii pitäntI did not hold a pipe,

4Eikä kantant kanteloista,Nor carry a kantele,

5Soitin 3 sarven kanssa:I played with a horn:

6Yks ol luinen, toine puinen,One was bone, another wood,

7Kolmas ol merenlylyinen,The third sea-polished,

8Puhun puuhun puhun luuhun,I blew into wood, blew into bone,

9Kolmannel meren lylyhyn.Into the third, the sea's sandbar.

10Seppä kuunteli pajassa,The smith listened in his forge,

11Sepän poika porstuassa:The smith's son in the porch:

12Pihit pistyhyn putosi,Tongs dropped into the spike,

13Vasara vajosi maahan;The hammer sank to the ground;

14Tuoho saari siunahuis.There, the island was blessed.

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16Käviit Suomest soriat,Fine suitors came from Finland,

17Ei täy'y tätä tytärtäThis daughter must not

18Rintyksille, räntyksille,Go to rough or crude ones,

19Renkimiehen ei rekkee.Nor a farmhand's sled.

20Tuli sulho, käänsi mielen,A suitor came, changed her mind,

21Pan neijon rekosehee.Put the maiden into the sled.

22Löi to osmolla orrii,He struck the shafts with a whip,

23Helmiruosalla hevoista:With a pearl-lash, the horses:

24Oro juoksi, matka joutu,The horse ran, the journey sped,

25Reki rautanen ramaji,The iron sled creaked,

26Jalas kuusinen kumaji,The spruce runner bent,

27Vinku Viipurin veräjät,Vyborg's gates squeaked,

28Ulvo ukset Uuven linnanHowled the doors of Uusilinna,

29Tuota neittä naitajessa.As that maiden was wed.

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.

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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