Neitonen oot sinä sissoi
In the SKVR edition: Sakkola. Reinholm N IV 7. 48.
SKVR textEnglish
Neito ko tulloo talloo.
1Neitonen oot sinä sissoiMaiden, you are my sister,
2Ja neito sisaruvein,And a sister among kin,
3Kuin tunnet talloon tullaa,If you know how to come to the stable,
4Niin tun̄e talossa ollaa!Then know how to behave in the house!
5Säre ukset säärilläis,Open doors with your shins,
6Pole ukset polvillais!Don’t [open] doors with your knees!
7Sie kuule kukoita noussa,You hear the rooster crowing,
8Hauka ruuvata havata,The hawk’s cry to heed,
9Sie kule kuja vällii,You walk through the yard,
10Olet lehmille ojenna,Guide the cows,
11Hevoisille heinät nosta,Lift hay for the horses,
12Luo silmät sikojen päälle,Keep watch over the pigs,
13Katso lammas karsinahan,Tend the sheep in their pen,
14Tule 3:na tuppaa,Come into the chamber,
15Vesikappanen kiäessä,Water jug in hand,
16Lehtiluuta kainalossa!Leafy broom under arm!
17Kuin o lapset lattialla,When children are on the floor,
18Nosta lapset laavitsalle,Lift them to the bench,
19Paa palikat kiukovaa,Place logs on the stove,
20Katso kaivolle siijais,Check the well swiftly,
21Kanna vettä kaivosesta,Carry water from the well,
22Tuo vettä tuppaa siitä,Bring water inside,
23Isännälle iellimäissä,For the master’s washing,
24Millä silmät siivotaa,With which eyes are cleansed,
25Käsivarret vaalitaa,Arms are washed,
26Käsivarret valkiaksi!Arms made white!
27Lakaise sitt lattia hyvästi,Sweep the floor well,
28Kanna rikat kartanolle!Take trash to the yard!
29Siite kerki keträpuulle,Then hurry to the spinning wheel,
30Anna voki vonkahella,Give the distaff with spindle,
31Laita langaa laatusasti,Set the yarn properly,
32Liukkahasti liina rihmat,Smoothly [spin] linen threads,
33Katkii ei kangaista kuttoiss;Don’t snap the fabric while weaving;
34Pää kun o kekassa keträtessä,Head in wool while spinning,
35Perse on pyllyiss kuttoiss,Buttocks on the bench weaving,
36Siit saavat kyläiset naiset,From this, village women get,
37Saavat naiset naapurista,Women from neighbors get,
38Saavat naiset nauramista.Women get mockery.
39Eiko enne siun em̄ois,Didn’t your mother before,
40Eiko hän paitoi panellut,Didn’t she don shirts,
41Käytti ilmosen issois,Wore a poor sister’s garb,
42Käytti paitta palttinassa,Wore shirts of linen,
43Aiva liinan aivinassa.All in linen cloth.
44Sanalask ol saapuvilla:A proverb is at hand:
45Niinku vanha Väinämöinen,Like old Väinämöinen,
46Tule se neittinen minulle,Come, maiden, to me,
47Onk sinussa miehen naista,Is there in you a man’s wife,
48Molotsalla morsianta,A Molotsa bride,
49Jok se om̄ella ossaa,Who knows by herself,
50Jok se tietää tikkaella,Who knows to weave,
51Saatkos paijan kaulukseen;Can you get a bead necklace;
52Siit sinuss o miehen nainen,Then in you is a man’s wife,
53Molotsalle morsiaine,A Molotsa bride,
54Kuulu ei kum̄a kylälleNo shame reaches the village,
55Eikä nauru naapurihi.Nor laughter to the neighbors.
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 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
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