Sulhokaine, nuorukaine

SKVR XIII2 4493·Jaakkima·1890·Collector: Hultin, Th.

In the SKVR edition: Jaakkima, Kumola. Hultin, T. 21. 90. Katri Koppinen, 65 v.

SKVR textEnglish

Sulhasta neuvotua:

1Sulhokaine, nuorukaine,Young groom, youthful lad,

2Miehen kanta kaunokaine,Fair scion of manly kin,

3Neuvo neittä neljä vuotta:Guide the maiden four years:

4Yks vuosi suusanalla,One year with spoken word,

5Toinen silmän iskennällä,Second with the eye's flash,

6Kolmas on jalan polulla.Third upon the footpath's way.

7Kun ei sitä totelle,If she still disobeys,

8Ota vitsa viitan alta,Take the switch 'neath your cloak,

9Nahkaruoska naulan peältä!Leather whip from the nail's head!

10Elä silmälle sivalla,Strike not her eyes,

11Elä korvalle kolauta,Knock not her ears,

12Elä pieksä pellon peässä.Beat not at field's border.

13Elä nurmella nukita,Lay her not on meadow grass,

14Neuvo neljänurkkasessa!Teach in four-walled chamber!

15Kylän kyntäjät kysyvät,Village plowers will ask,

16Paimenet panetteloot:Shepherds will murmur:

17"Liekkö tuo suven purema"Is that summer's bite-mark

18Vaiko karhun kuapasema?"Or a bear's clawing mark?"

19Heä se varsin vastua:She shall answer truly:

20"Oman sulhon repimä,"My own groom's handling,

21Kaunokaisen kuapasema."The fair one's claw-like touch."

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.

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