Niin mie vierin veikostani
In the SKVR edition: Hiitola. Merón 19. 55.
SKVR textEnglish
Morsian laulu.
1Niin mie vierin veikostani,So I rolled from my brother,
2Sirosin sisärestäni,I scattered from my sister/inner support,
3Kuin puut pinosta vieri,As logs roll from a stack,
4Halot röykystä hajosi,Sticks scatter from a heap,
5Kivet vieri kiukuasta,Stones rolled from the hearth,
6Munanen kanan pesästä,A small egg from the hen’s nest,
7Vierin maalle vierahalle,I rolled to a foreign land,
8Vierin vieraan emon alle:Rolled under a stranger’s mother:
9Yksi kylmää puhuupi,One speaks coldness,
10Toinen jäätä jänkyttääpi,Another rattles ice,
11Kolmas tuli punaista.The third [speaks] red fire.
12Olin kukkanen kotona,I was a flower at home,
13Marjana ison majassa:A berry in my father’s house:
14Iso kutsui kukkaseksi,Father called me "little flower",
15Emo päivän nousennoksi,Mother [called me] "dawn’s herald",
16Veikko veen kalaksi.Brother [called me] "water’s fish".
17Kuin mänen toiseen taloon,When I went to another house,
18Yli kynnyksen kylään,Over the threshold to the village,
19Yli pellon naapurihin,Over the field to neighbors,
20Appi kutsui ahkioksi,Father-in-law called me "harrow",
21Anoppi ve'en kalaksi,Mother-in-law [called me] "water’s fish",
22Kyty kylmäksi kiveksi,Sister-in-law [called me] "cold stone",
23Nato naulan taittajaksi.Brother-in-law [called me] "nail-breaker".
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-075217 · Read at SKS ↗
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