Yks ol' Yrjö
In the SKVR edition: Kurkijoki, Räihänvaara. Haltsonen, S. 874. 33. Ristiina Veijalainen, (o.s. Sikiö) 65 v. kunnalliskodissa.
SKVR textEnglish
1Yks ol' Yrjö,First was Yrjö,
2toine ol' torja,Second was Torja,
3kolmas kovanenäne,Third was the hard-nosed one,
4neljäs Nevala Antti,Fourth was Antti of Nevala,
5viijjes Vitalan Puavo,Fifth was Puavo of Vitala,
6kuuvves ol' kultanuppi,Sixth was the golden knob,
7seitsemäs ol' seppä Eronen,Seventh was smith Eronen,
8kaheksas kantanaula,Eighth was the bearing nail,
9yheksäs uńsilmä,Ninth was the sleepy-eyed one,
10sutja, ihte tuomaŕ kymmenes.The judge, himself the tenth.
(Käräjät ku ol', ol' yheksä vierasta miestä.)
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-078420 · Read at SKS ↗
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