Neitone, sisarueni

SKVR XIII2 4708·Kurkijoki·1880·Collector: Koskimies, A. V.

In the SKVR edition: Kurkijoki, Riekkala. Koskimies, A. V. 90. 80. Okul' Timoska.

SKVR textEnglish

Morsiamelle päätä pannessa:

1Neitone, sisarueni,Maiden, my sister-dear,

2Emon lapsi lakluveni,Mother’s child, my cherished one,

3Enkös mie sanonut siuleDid I not say to you

4Kaiken männiin kesoistaTo abandon all summer’s things,

5Ja kaiken tämän kesoista:And all these summer matters:

6"Läkkäm myö meren selälle,"Let us go to the sea’s expanse,

7Tehhään myö salainen sauna,Let us build a hidden sauna,

8Salasauna, piilopirttiA secret sauna, concealed lodge,

9Selvälle meren selälle,To the clear sea’s open reach,

10Aavalle meren aholle,To the wide sea’s barren plain,

11Jonne ei p(e)ääs Suomen sulhot,Where Finnish suitors cannot come,

12Ei viere Venäehen košjat."Nor Russian grooms draw near."

13Sie varsin vastaeelit:You then firmly countered:

14"Tupa on tehty miesten tulla,"The house is made for grooms to enter,

15Talli seisova orose:The stable stands for steeds:

16Tuo Jumala suntak'ilta,May God bring Sunday evening,

17Ann' tulla tupakka-ilta,Let the courting night arrive,

18Raha-ilta rapsahtaa!"Let the wealth-night clink here!"

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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