Teimme luikun lehmä luusta

SKVR XIII1 443·Uusikirkko Vpl.·1847·Collector: Reinholm, H. A.

In the SKVR edition: Uusikirkko. Reinholm N X 10. 47.

SKVR textEnglish

1Teimme luikun lehmä luusta,We made a trough from a cow's bone,

2Torven Torstikin jaloista,A horn from Torstikki's legs,

3Pilli Kirjon kinterēstä;A pipe from Kirjo's pastern;

4Mäni suolle soittamahan,He went to the swamp to play,

5Kajahutti kankahalle.It echoed to the heath.

6Tuo kuuli seppä pajjaan:The smith heard in his forge:

7Seppä seisattuu paijaan,The smith halts at the hearth,

8Vasara vajois käestä,The hammer dropped from his hand,

9Pihtit pystyhyn putois.The tongs fell standing upright.

10Seppä (pani) kullot kattilahan,The smith put gold in the cauldron,

11Kullot kiehuit kuivillehen.The gold boiled to dryness.

12Putois tuost' muru merehen,A crumb fell into the sea,

13Tuohon saaren siunahuis,To the island's blessed edge,

14Nuori nurmi saaren päälle,Young grass on the island,

15Nuori neito nurmen päälle.A young maid upon the grass.

16Tuota käyvät kaikk' kosi(h)iss',All suitors came courting her,

17Käyvät piipit, käyvät papit,Pipers came, priests came,

18Käyvät hovi hoikat herrat,Courtly slim lords came,

19Käyvät Ruotista rovastitDeans from Sweden came,

20Sekä ruukki rumppo vatsat.And pot-bellied louts.

21Ei tuo neito nuole männyt.The maid refused them all.

22Tuli ukko räntsykkäinen,Came a scrawny old man,

23Käänsi neijon kelkkahansa.He swept the maid into his sleigh.

24Ukko kysyy lausuttelee:The old man asks her:

25"Tuleks' sä neitonen minulle?""Would you come to me, maiden?"

26"Tulen kun ketät kivestä niinen,"I'll come when you spin stone to thread,

27Ja punot nuoron rummenist'."And plait rope from sinews."

28Ketti kivestä niinen,He spun stone to thread,

29Punoo nuoran rummenista,Plaited rope from sinews,

30Käänsi neijon kelkkahansa j.n.e.Took the maid in his sleigh, etc.

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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