Venäläinen, vainolainen
In the SKVR edition: Sakkola. Reinholm N I 18. 48.
SKVR textEnglish
1Venäläinen, vainolainen,The Russian, the enemy,
2Sotakoira kuonolainWar-dog of snout-stock,
3Tappo issoi, tappo em̄oi,Killed the father, killed the mother,
4Tappo viisi veikkojai,Killed five brothers,
5Seitsemän sisare lasta;Seven sister's children;
6Tahto tappaa minnuu,Wanted to kill me,
7Mie vaa pääsin päistärille,I barely reached the cliff's edge,
8Päistäret tulelle syttyi,The cliff burst into flames,
9Mie kuumille kiville,Onto the hot stones,
10Kuumat kivet poltteliit,The hot stones scorched,
11Mie aijalle pakkoo,I fled to the yard,
12Aita miu allaini kaatu,The fence collapsed beneath me,
13Minä vilo vitsikkoon,I darted into the willow thicket,
14Vitsikko miulle sauvan anto,The thicket gave me a staff,
15Sauva miun tiellen saatto,The staff guided me to the path,
16Tie miun talloon saatto,The path led me home,
17Tapasin ämmän leipomasta,I met an old woman baking,
18Mie pa ämmän kepille,I struck the old woman down,
19Tyttären taputtamasta.From slapping her daughter.
20Leivo miulle leipäkankkun.She baked me a bread-loaf,
21Mie kankun kalamiehelle,I gave the loaf to a fisherman,
22Kalamiehet miulle kalloi,The fishermen gave me stones,
23Mie kalat riihe pujille,I placed fish on granary beams,
24Riihepuijat miulle jyvvii,The beams gave me grain,
25Mie jyvät porsan suuhu,I fed the grain to a pig,
26Porsa puoli kylkiäse,The pig became half a flank,
27Mie kyle koira suuhu,A piece to the dog's mouth,
28Koira miulle oravan haukkuu,The dog barked a squirrel for me,
29Mie oravaa kokkoselle,I gave the squirrel to an eagle,
30Kokko miulle siipiäse,The eagle gave me a wing,
31Siipiäse, sulkiaseA wing, a feathered tool,
32Yli meren men̄äkseinTo cross over the sea,
33Tuonne uutee tuppaa.To that new abode.
34Kukot on kulta kannuksiss,Roosters with golden spurs,
35Kanat o vaski varpahiss,Hens with copper claws,
36Tyttäret tina siloiss,Daughters adorned in tin,
37Nuoret miehet nuoravöiss,Young men with sinew belts,
38Pojat puoli saappahiss,Boys in half-boots,
39Vanhat ämmät vaskivöiss.Old women with copper belts.
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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Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-078161 · Read at SKS ↗
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