Josta kulkee kuningas
In the SKVR edition: Metsäpirtti, Lapanainen. Slöör V 40. 54.
SKVR textEnglish
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2Josta kulkee kuningas,From where the king travels,
3Vaeltaa Linnan vanhin.The eldest of the fortress roams.
4Kuningas kovin kysyvi,The king asks most fiercely,
5Linnan vanhin vastasee:The fortress elder replies:
6"Minkä tähen tämä siottu,"For what reason is this one bound,
7Vaimon poika vankaeltu?"The wife's son strongly restrained?"
8"Sen on tähen tämä siottu,"Therefore is this one bound,
9Vaimon poika vankaeltu,The wife's son strongly restrained,
10Miks makasi neion nuoren,Because he lay with a young maiden,
11Neion nuoren, morsiammen,A young maiden, a bride-to-be,
12Neito poikia tekevi,The maiden makes warriors,
13Laiva seppiä latoviThe ship gathers smiths
14Tähän suureen sotahan,For this great war,
15Tasamartin tappeluhun."To Tasamartti's battle."
16Neito parka tuomittihinThe poor maiden was condemned
17Lohikärmeitten kitahan.To the dragons' jaws.
18Lohikärme huokajaapi,The dragon sighs,
19Huokajaapi, henkäjääpi:Sighs, exhales:
20Ennen mä niellän nuoren miehen,First I'll swallow a young man,
21Nuoren miehen miekkoinensa,A young man with his swords,
22Hevosen satuloine,A horse with its saddles,
23Papin seurakuutinensa,A priest with his congregation,
24Lukkarin perhenensä,A sexton with his family,
25Ennenkuin niellän nuoren nei'on,Before I swallow the young maiden,
26Nuoren nei'on, morsiammen.The young maiden, the bride-to-be.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-072141 · Read at SKS ↗
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