Tules vello vierahaksi
In the SKVR edition: Metsäpirtti, Taipale. Slöör V 18. 54.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tules vello vierahaksi,Come, brother, as a guest,
2Kahelle kanan munalle,For two hen's eggs,
3Kaheksalle kakkaralle,For eight cakes,
4Yheksälle jyrkiälle,For nine jyrkiä (dishes?),
5Kymmenälle voipytylle.For ten buttered ones,
6Tuli tuo vello vierahaksi.That brother came as a guest.
7Syötin vellon, juotin vellon,I fed the brother, I gave drink to the brother,
8Vei vellon makailemaan.Led the brother to lie down.
9Vellolta hepo hävisi.The horse vanished from the brother.
10Laiton rengit etsimähän:I ordered servants to search:
11Rengit etsiit kirvesvartta;Servants searched for an axe handle;
12Laiton piijat etsimähän,I ordered maids to search,
13Piiat etsiit pirtapuita.Maids searched for sauna wood.
14Läksin itse etsimähänI went myself to search
15Kolmen koirani keralla,With my three dogs,
16Viiden kunden villahännän:Five groups with woolly tails:
17Koirat sotkivat suota myöten,Dogs muddied through the swamp,
18Minä itse mäkeä myöten,I myself along the hill,
19Menin pienelle aholle,I went to a small clearing,
20Nousin suurelle kivelle,Climbed a large stone,
21Kuuntelime, kääntelime,We listened, we turned,
22Kuulin kellon kilkahuksen,I heard a bell's clinking,
23Porokellon poukahuksen,A reindeer bell's clanging.
24Panin kultasuitset suuhun,I put golden reins in [its] mouth,
25Hopeaiset päitset päähän,Silver bridle on [its] head.
26Ajoin rannat raksutellen.I drove shores clattering,
27Hiekkarannat helskytellen.Sandy shores jingling.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-071610 · Read at SKS ↗
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