Kävin tietä tervallista
In the SKVR edition: Pyhäjärvi. Sirelius, Z. 42. 47.
SKVR textEnglish
Tyttö ja Rastas.
1Kävin tietä tervallista,I walked the tarred path,
2Maata maksan karvallista,Trod the shaggy land,
3Tuli rastas vastahani.A thrush came toward me.
4Kysyin kyntö rastahalta,I asked the plowing thrush,
5Kumman parempi olla,Which is better to be:
6Tyttären Ison kotonaA daughter in Iso's home,
7Vaan miniänä miehelässä.Or a bride in a man's house?
8Kyntö rastas raksuttavi:The plowing thrush clattered:
9"Niin tytär Ison kotona"A daughter in Iso's home
10Kuin kuningas linnassahan.Is like a king in his castle.
11Niin miniä miehelässäA bride in a man's house
12Kuin vanki venäjällä.Is like a prisoner in Russia."
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 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-072139 · Read at SKS ↗
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