La mie nousen katsomaan
In the SKVR edition: Rautu, Palkeala. Kaukonen, K. 140. 35. Tarja Sorvali, 92 v.
SKVR textEnglish
Morsiamelle appelaan tuotaissa:
1La mie nousen katsomaanLo, I rise to gaze upon
2Vereksii vierahii,The blood-marked guests,
3Uusii tulokkahiiThe newly arrived ones,
4Kepiöillä kengilläin,With their curved shoes,
5Korkioilla kannoillain,With their lofty heels,
6Kummalla on suuremmat silmät,Which has the larger eyes,
7Kumman vars on valkiampi.Whose leg is whiter.
8Yhelaiset yhenäköiset,Alike in form and face,
9Yhemuotoiset molloot.Uniform in shape, the folk.
10Ku nouset uamulla varrai,When you rise at dawn,
11Tule kolmen tuppaa:Come with three companions:
12Vesikappa kainalossa,A water-bucket underarm,
13Lakaliina olkapiäl,A headscarf on shoulder,
14Lehtiluuta kainalossa,A leaf-broom in hand,
15Millä peset perreen silmät,To wash the base's eyes,
16Talon lattiat lakaset.The house-floors to cleanse.
17Nosta lapset luavitsalle,Lift children to the birch-whisk,
18Anna leivosta kättee!Give bread into their hands!
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.
- 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-075202 · Read at SKS ↗
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