Myö kuin lauluille lähemmä
In the SKVR edition: Rautu. Ahlqvist A 344. 54.
SKVR textEnglish
1Myö kuin lauluille lähemmä,We draw near to the songs,
2virren töille työntelemme,to the hymn's labors we devote ourselves,
3mie laulan yheksän yötä,I sing for nine nights,
4päälle päivän kymmenettä,and the tenth day beyond,
5mie laulan meret mesiksi,I sing seas into honey,
6meren mullat maltahiksi,the sea's soils into malt,
7suoloiksi meren somerot,its gravel into salt,
8meren hiekat hernehiksi.its sands into peas.
9Ei ole meiän neitosilta,Not from our maidens,
10ei ole laulut lauvennehet,nor have songs faded,
11ilokielet kirvonnehet,nor joyous tongues worn thin,
12viel' on laulut laiallansa,still songs spread widely,
13ilokielet ennellänsä.joyous tongues as of old.
14Ennen metsä puita puuttui,Before, the forest lacked trees,
15metsä puita, maa kiviä,forest trees, earth stones,
16ennenkuin sisot sanoja,before sisters [had] words,
17emon lapset lausehia.mother's children utterances.
18Minä laulan liirittelenI sing and warble,
19sinisen salon sisässä,in a blue grove's heart,
20kaian korven kainalossa.under the capercaillie-forest's wing.
21Kukkuvi käkeä kaksiTwo cuckoos call,
22kahen puolen kaian notkon.on both sides of the grouse's hollow.
23Kuret soilla riitelevät,Cranes quarrel on marshes,
24kuret soilla, miehet mailla,cranes on bogs, men on lands,
25vellokset ison perillä,brothers-in-law at the great farmstead,
26kälykset kanan munilla,sisters-in-law with hen's eggs,
27sisärykset sormuksilla,brides with rings,
28pojat potrat tyttärillä;sons pursue daughters;
29toruvi kälystä kaksiTwo scold the sister-in-law,
30kahen puolen kaalivatia.on both sides of the cabbage bed.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-072051 · Read at SKS ↗
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