Morsei, sisarueni

SKVR XIII2 4347·Kurkijoki·1880·Collector: Koskimies, A. V.

In the SKVR edition: Kurkijoki. Riekkala. Koskimies, A. V. 85. 80. Okul' Timoska.

SKVR textEnglish

1Morsei, sisarueni,Little bride, my dear sister,

2Kun tulet toiseen talloo,When you go to another house,

3Perehees vierahaas,Into a family of strangers,

4Vieraan emon allaan,Under a foreign mother's rule,

5Pitä(i)sippä siula ollaYou must indeed keep

6Iltasilla silmät pistytEvenings with eyes alert,

7Valkeeta virittämään,To kindle the hearth's light,

8Aamusilla korvat tarkatMornings with ears keen,

9Kukoin (e)ääntä kuulemaan.To hear the rooster's call.

10Ei oo kuussa nousun m(e)äärä,The moon has no fixed rise-time,

11Ei uo kuussa, ei kuko(i)ssa:Not in moon nor bloom:

12Otavass' on nousun m(e)äärä,In the Bear's stars lies the rise-time,

13Kun on pursto pohja(i)seen,When its sail turns northward,

14Sarvet suoraan suvvia,Horns pointing south,

15Sillo(i)n on nuoren nousun aika,Then is youth's rising time,

16Keikaha silloin keträpuulle,Tilt then the distaff,

17Anna rullan ruikutella,Let the spindle clatter,

18Keträn varren keikutella.Sway the distaff's shaft.

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.

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