Mistäs tiesit tuhma tulla

In the SKVR edition: Parikkala, Järvenpää. Helsingin suom. alkeisop. konv. XXXVIII, 50; Hannikainen, Tauno. 86. Iivana Riikonen, 60 v.

SKVR textEnglish

Häälaulu.

1Mistäs tiesit tuhma tulla,How did you know, foolish one, to come,

2Orokärsä tien osasitYoung-snout, to find the way?

3Tähän kuuluhun kotihin,To this renowned home,

4Kanittuhun kartanohon?To the adorned manor?

5Siitä tiesin tuhma tulla,From there I knew, simpleton, to come,

6Orokärsä tien osasinYoung-snout found the way,

7Tähän kuuluhun kotihin,To this renowned home,

8Kanittuhun kartanohon:To the adorned manor:

9Pistin pilkat pihjalahan,I placed markers in the alder grove,

10Toisen honkahan hotasin,Directed another to the pine forest,

11Siitä tiesin tuhma tulla,From there I knew, simpleton, to come,

12Orokärsä tien osasin.Young-snout mastered the way.

13Taisi teillä tammat juosta,Did your mares gallop,

14Ruunat ruskien ravata,Bays trot briskly,

15Oritkonsti kompotella,Stallions prance skillfully,

16Loiskia likaropakotSplashing through mud puddles

17Teiän tänne tullessanne?When you came here?

18Hyvän sain, hyvän käkesin,Good I got, good I received,

19Hyvän luojani lupasi,Good my Creator promised,

20Hyvän antoi armollinen.Good the Merciful gave.

21Tiesit neittä ottavais,You knew to take a maiden,

22Vaimoa valihtevais.To choose a wife.

23Pie vaari vaimostasi,Care for your wife,

24Elä anna apen lyyvä,Don't let the codger beat her,

25Eläkä anopin tor̄uu!Nor scold the mother-in-law!

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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