Niink' sie luulet, neito rukka
In the SKVR edition: Hiitola, Kilpola. Heinonen 2. 95.
SKVR textEnglish
Tobias Hannukaisen häissä:
1Niink' sie luulet, neito rukka,As you suppose, poor maiden,
2Opittava oljamii?Must the reins be learned?
3Siell' on ouvot olja reisut,There are good straw legs,
4Vihavaiset viikkokauvet,Wrathful week-ladles,
5Siell' on päivät viikon pitkät,There, days are week-long,
6Viikot on kuukauen pittuist,Weeks stretch to months,
7Kuukaus on vuuen pittuus.Months span a year.
8Kuule, neito, kui mie laulan,Listen, maiden, how I sing,
9Kuule kui sanelen!Listen how I chant!
10Nouse aamulla varrainRise early at morning,
11Uutta kuuta katsomaan,To gaze at the new moon,
12Ilmoa ihailemaan,To marvel at the sky,
13Kuuntele kujan takana.Listen behind the fence.
14Ammuuko anopin lehmä,Does the in-law’s cow moo,
15Navon lehmä naukasoo!The shed’s cow lowing?
16Olet lehmille ojenna,Tend to the cows,
17Katso lammaskarsinaa,Inspect the sheep-pen,
18Luo silmät sikkoin päälle!Cast eyes on the piglets!
19Tule siit' kolmenna tuppaa,Come then third to the house,
20Varpaluuta kainalossa,A staff under your arm,
21Vesikappanen käessä,A water-vessel in hand,
22Ripsu vettä lattialle,Splash water on the floor,
23Sitte lattii lakase,Then sweep the floor,
24Älä lapsii lakase,Don’t sweep the children,
25Älä potki porsahia!Don’t kick the piglets!
26Nosta lapset laavitsalle,Lift children to the bench,
27Leikkaa leipää kättee,Cut bread into your hand,
28Voia voita leivän päälle,Spread butter on the bread,
29Sipase sian lihalla!Smear it with pork fat!
30Kun on kujan takana,When behind the fence,
31Täht' on läävän räystäällä,A star on the shed’s eaves,
32Sit' on nuorten nousu aika,Then is youth’s rising hour,
33Vanhoill' on asetus aika.For elders, time to rest.
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-075906 · Read at SKS ↗
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