Pääskyläinen, päivä-lintu

SKVR XIII1 711·Uusikirkko Vpl.·1847·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Uusikirkko, Makula. Europ. K 342. 47.

SKVR textEnglish

1Pääskyläinen, päivä-lintu,Swallow, the day-bird,

2Lehtoa levätäksensä;A grove to rest in;

3Ei ole maata linnun ma'ata,There's no land for the bird to rest,

4Linnun lehtoa levätä.No grove for the bird to rest.

5Lensi vuoren kukkulalle,Flew to the mountain's hilltop,

6Laivan keplalle kemahti,Perched on the ship's mast,

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8Muni kultasen munasen.Laid a golden egg.

9Toi Jumala suuren tuulen,God brought a great wind,

10Käänsi laivan kallellehen,Turned the ship onto its side,

11Sysäjäi syrjällehen;Pushed it to the edge;

12Vierähti muna vetehen,The egg rolled into the water,

13Pesä pyörähti perästäThe nest spun after,

14Meren mustaan muttaan,Into the sea's black mud,

15Sakian saven sekkaan.Mixed with Sakia's clay.

16Tuonne saari siunahuisi,There an island was blessed,

17Nuori nurmi saaren päälle,Young grass upon the island,

18Nuori neito nurmen päälle.A young maiden on the grass.

19Tuota käivät kaikk kosissa,All went to court her,

20Käivät pipit, käivät papit,Commoners came, priests came,

21Käivät hovin hoikat herrat,The court's slender lords came,

22Pietarista pitkät herrat,Long lords from St. Petersburg,

23Käivät ruukin rumpuvatsat,Factory's drum-bellied men came,

24Kappelista kaalivatsat;Cabbage-bellied from Kappeli;

25Eipä neiti nuoille männyt.The maiden didn't go with them.

26Tuli ukko räntsykkäinen,A ragged old man came,

27Kysytteli, lausutteli:Asked, inquired:

28"Tulet sie neitonen minulle?""Will you come, maiden, to me?"

29"Kuin ketät kivestä niinen,"When you draw thread from stone,

30Punot nuoran ruumenista,Spin rope from marrow,

31Käyt neulan neniä möite,Thread needle through nostrils,

32Naskalin terrii möite."Through the awl's sharp edge."

33Sain mie neion kelkkahani.I got the maiden into my sleigh.

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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