Luulin tuulen tuuleneene

SKVR XIII2 3560·Kurkijoki·1880·Collector: Koskimies, A. V.

In the SKVR edition: Kurkijoki, Soskua. Koskimies, A. V. 100. 80. Ijäksen Anni, n. 35 v.

SKVR textEnglish

Kun tullaan morsiamen kanssa kotiin häätaloon, lauletaan:

1Luulin tuulen tuuleneene,I thought the wind was blowing,

2Koivikon kohajaneene;the birch grove murmuring;

3Ei tää tuul tuullutkaane,But this wind did not blow at all,

4Koivikk' ei kohainnutkaane,the birch grove did not rustle at all,

5T(e)äältä juohtajat tullooto,From here/you come the guides,

6Aja'aat asiamiehet.the envoys hastening forth.

7Etimmäin' on etvoisalla,The foremost is at the sled's front,

8Takimmain on tarvoisalla,the rearmost at its tail,

9Sulh' on mustalla orolla,The groom rides a black stallion,

10Sulhon vell'va valkealla,his brother on a white one,

11Harja taivasta takoopi,Their manes strike the sky,

12Pilvilöitä piirtelyöpi.carving patterns in the clouds.

13Teijän tänne tullessannaWhen you came here,

14Ylängöt alenteleitiin,the highlands were brought low,

15Alangot ylenteleitiin.the lowlands lifted high.

16Käitkös tiesi terveh(i)eenä,Did you travel unharmed,

17Matka'ais ali-hyvänä,your journey under good signs,

18Ilman puihen puuttumatta,without touching a single tree,

19Ilman viemättä veräjän,without seizing a gatepost,

20Tervaksiin on tempomatta?without uprooting the healthy?

21Teijän tänne tullessannaWhen you came here,

22Notkot nousi, maat yleni,hollows rose, lands swelled,

23Taisi(t) teijän tamma(t) juossa,Did your mare(s) strain to run,

24Ori korski kuorsahellathe stallion snorting proudly,

25Tämän rikka'an rikoille,to this rich one's courtyard,

26Tämän talo(i)n tanhualle.this house's very threshold?

27Piäty hyvä hevonen,Halt now, good horse,

28Ori korski kuorsamasta,stallion, cease your snorting,

29Tamma taiten juoksemasta!mare, end your skilled run!

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.

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