Sotkin koito kostolii
In the SKVR edition: Rautu. Slöör I 25. 54.
SKVR textEnglish
1Sotkin koito kostolii,I muddled the storeroom's preparation,
2Parin paitoj varustin,I prepared a pair of shirts,
3Parin toisen huntuloj,another pair of veils,
4Oljhan mihin männäkseen.Let it be where to go.
5Uottelin mie velloain,I waited for my brother,
6Oljhan mie ottamaan;I was to take him;
7Ei tuo tullut tullenkaan.He did not come at all.
8Mänin vellon pellon päähän,I went to my brother's field's edge,
9Uottelin mie velloistaanI waited for my brother
10Veräjii on purkamaan,to dismantle the gates,
11Aitoj alentamaan.to lower the fences.
12Ei tuo tullut tullenkaan.He did not come at all.
13Tuoss' on kukkuit kuivat kuuset,There stand dried bloomed pines,
14Lauloit lakkapäät petäjät:bald-headed pines sang:
15"Ei tääll oo siun kottiis,"This is not your home,
16Tääll' on synnyntäsiais,Here is the birthplace's ground,
17Tääll' on kasvukartanois."Here is the growth manor."
18Mänin tokki, en totellut,I went again, did not obey,
19Mänin vellon kartanolle.I went to my brother's farmstead.
20Uottelin mie vellostainI waited for my brother
21Porttii availemaan;to open the gate;
22Ei tuo tullut tullenkaan.He did not come at all.
23Itse porttii avaisin,I opened the gate myself,
24Ajoin vellon kartanoon,drove into my brother's yard,
25Uottelin mie vellostainI waited for my brother
26Hevoistain riisumaan;to unharness the horses;
27Ei tuo tullut tullenkaan.He did not come at all.
28Itse riisuin rinnustimen,I unharnessed the collar myself,
29Itse aisain alensin.I lowered the shafts myself.
30Vellon lapset lastusilla:My brother's children on sledges:
31"Älä mää, täti, tuppaan,"Don't enter, auntie,
32Ennenkui muut murunsa syövät,before others eat their share,
33Kohtalose kollahtaat!"lest you meet fatal fate!"
34Mäni tokki, en totellut,I went again, did not obey,
35Oven suuhun seisatain,stood at the door's mouth,
36Oven suuhun, orren ala,at the door's mouth, under the beam,
37Joss' olj ennen orja seistu.where a slave once stood.
38Vuottelin mie vellon naistaI waited for my brother's wife
39Pääveraista päästämään,to loosen her headscarf,
40Silkkii sitelemmään;to tie it with silk;
41Ei tuo tullut tullenkaan.He did not come at all.
42Itse päästin pääverrain,I loosened the headscarf myself,
43Itse silkiin sitelin.I tied it with silk myself.
44Vello istuu pöydän päässä,My brother sits at the table's head,
45Istuu ison sialla.sits on the great seat.
46Vello sanoo naiselleen,My brother says to his wife,
47Kuikasi kullalleen:croaked to his dear:
48"Tie sisolle talkkunaista!""Serve the guest barley mash!"
49Nainen vasten vastaeli:The woman answered back:
50"Ves on jäässä, jauhot kylmät,"Water's frozen, flour's cold,
51Sitä kylmemp on tekijä."colder still is the maker."
52Vello sanoo naiselleen,My brother says to his wife,
53Kuhahutt' on kullalleen:gurgled to his dear:
54"Tuo sisolle oltta juua!""Bring the guest beer to drink!"
55Nainen vasten vastaeli:The woman answered back:
56"Hiiva on alla, vaaht' on päällä,"Yeast is below, foam on top,
57Sitä kylmemp on tekijä."colder still is the maker."
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-072437 · Read at SKS ↗
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