Läks veikkoi Virroi

SKVR XIII1 566·Sakkola·1848·Collector: Reinholm, H. A.

In the SKVR edition: Sakkola. Reinholm N III 32. 48. Ieva.

SKVR textEnglish

1Läks veikkoi VirroiThe brothers went to Virroi

2Maarahhoi maksamaa.To pay the land taxes.

3Viivy viiko velluvyein,Delay weeks, with brothers,

4Läksin eklen etsimää.I went yesterday to search.

5Kysyn kirkon kipparilta,I ask the church sexton,

6Lausun laivon kan̄an alta:I speak from the ship's hold:

7"Näittäk työ min vellojain?""Will you show me my brothers?"

8"Täss ol eklen näillä päivin,"I was here yesterday, these days,

9Istu meren kivelle,Sat on the sea's stone,

10Sukk vaa sukki tukkiaan,Only mended the socks,

11Harjas hapeniijaan.The brush into the foam,

12Suk' vaa suilaht merrēn,The sock flowed to sea,

13Kampa pohjaa kilahti."The comb clinked to the depths."

14Mie vaa juoksin seppälään:I just ran to the smithy:

15"Seppäsein, selvosein,"Smith, o clear-minded one,

16Taoit ennen, taoit eilen,You forged before, forged yesterday,

17Tao viel tänäi päin,Forge still today too,

18Tao rautainen harava,Forge an iron harrow,

19Mill mie meren haravoin,With which I'll rake the sea,

20Meren ruokot ruopustelen!"Clear the sea's weeds!"

21Etsin neito vellojain,The maiden sought her brothers,

22Löysi viime vellovei.Found the last brother.

23Jo ol siika silmät syöty,The whitefish's eyes were eaten,

24Kuha ol kuvan kirjutell,The pike had carved an image,

25Hauk ol hartiat halaistu.The pike embraced shoulders.

26Löysin viitan velloltai.I found a coat from my brother,

27Viitan viljan mielilöiks,The coat's intent as grain,

28Löysin hatun velloltai,I found a hat from my brother,

29Hattu mieli harmiloiks,The hat's intent as sorrows,

30Löysin paijan velloltai,I found a shirt from my brother,

31Paita mieliksi pahoiksi.The shirt's intent as evil.

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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