Tuokua nyt turulle tulta

SKVR XIII2 4047·Metsäpirtti·1914·Collector: Koskivaara, Aleksanteri

In the SKVR edition: Metsäpirtti, Vaskela. Koskivaara 132. 14. Jerlan Oute, kuuli omasta kylästä Mikkolan Miihkali-vainaalta.

Song types: Annikaisen virsi, Kuokkamiesten virsi, Tanssituvan pyyntö, Tuokaa tulta tuohisella

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1Tuokua nyt turulle tulta,Bring now fire to the hearth,

2alle vallin valkiaista,Under the bright dominion,

3neijon nuotiet tulluot,The maiden's fires have come,

4neijon ainoist aijuat!The maiden's sole times!

5Siit tuotiin turulle tulta,Then fire was brought to the hearth,

6alle vallin valkiaistaUnder the bright dominion,

7kymmenällä kynttelill,

8tuhannell tuohuksell,With a thousand birchbarks,

9suall pärrien piäll.On the mouth of the fire's edge.

10Ku myö tultiin tuppua,When we came to the house,

11keltäs mie kysyn luppua?From whom do I ask permission?

12Isännält pöyvän piäst,From the master, bench's release,

13emännält liijen luont.From the mistress, apron's removal.

14Anteletkos sie tuvasta,Will you give from the house,

15lainaelet lattiaistaLend from the floor

16meijän pienell perriell,For our small company,

17miun on leikki lyyväkseinMy play to perform

18ja topul pielläksein,And staff with blows,

19jottei herrat hirvijäis,Lest lords be elk-startled,

20papit pakkuo mänis?Priests bundle-wise go?

21Jos ne herrat hirvijiät,If those lords got elk-scared,

22papit pakkuo männyöt,Priests bundle-wise went,

23mie vien pelloll perrien,I'll take to field's end,

24kannan kualikappalii,Carry charcoal pieces,

25siell mie tantsin tallustelen,There I'll dance-stomp,

26siell ei kose piä lakkie,There heads won't get wet,

27otsa ei ortie kolaha,Foreheads won't risk blows,

28piä pamaha patsahua,Heads hitting posts,

29jalat sillan liitoksie.Feet on bridge joints.

30Mie tulin tutuille meilt.I came to known kin.

31A ko tuttu tunnettais,But if known were recognized,

32nopijast nouvettais.Quickly would be assisted.

33Tiäll ei tunnettu tutuista,Here none knew the known,

34nopijast ei nouvatettu.Quickly none helped.

35Kiänän kärsäin takaisin,I turn my snout back,

36pois on pohjain pörötän,Gone is base's spinning,

37taitan tammivantehein.I manage with oak rims.

English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies. Lines without English have no translation, or one that cannot be matched to the line with certainty.

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-075612 · Read at SKS ↗

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