Älkä työ typerät tytöt

SKVR XIII1 6·Sakkola·1849·Collector: Reinholm, H. A.

In the SKVR edition: Sakkola. Reinholm N IX 41. 49. Liisa.

SKVR textEnglish

1Älkä työ typerät tytötDon't you be foolish girls

2Niinku mie typerä tyttöLike I, a foolish maiden

3Miehen mieltä nouattelin,I probed the man's mind,

4Miehen mieltä, kestin kieltä,His mind, I endured his words,

5Kesät syötiin kellerii,Summers we ate in the cellar,

6Talvikauet kam̄arii.Winters in the chamber.

7Sulho suuttu ja vihastu,The groom grew angry and furious,

8Kanto kalluin miun merreen,Carried me to the sea with rocks,

9Rahat rannalle kulettiRolled coins to the shore,

10Venehēn vuotavaan.Into a leaking boat.

11Mie vaa itkin rantasell:I just wept on the shore:

12"Tuo, Jumala, pohja tuuli,"Bring, God, a northern wind,

132:n aamuinen ahava,The morning's biting frost,

14Rahat rannalle ajais,Drive the coins ashore,

15Kalut maalle kannettais.Bring the gear to land."

16Pahoin tein mie poloinen,Poor wretch, I acted badly,

17Pahoin tein poloinen piika,Poor maid, I did wrong,

18Annoin kaijalti katetta,Gave shelter to the gull,

19Täperältä päänalaist.Left charges in disarray.

20Sill vihastu vieras poika,Then the stranger lad raged,

21Sint suuttu sulhais huone,The groom's house grew angry,

22Äkähyis äijältä,The old man fumed,

23Piijan pääll piehtaroija,Scolding the maid above,

24Navan alt naukkiloja."Mockers below the navel."

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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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