Poro poro poutaa

SKVR XIII4 10389·Tytärsaari·1936·Collector: Laiho, Lauri

In the SKVR edition: Tytärsaari. Laiho, Lauri 3654. 36. Aleks. Kurki, 70 v.

SKVR textEnglish

1Poro poro poutaa,Deer, deer grazes,

2paista Jumala päivää,Shine, God, the day,

3minä virkan enon!I chant the uncle's [song]!

4Missä eno on?Where is the uncle?

5Suuren kiven alla.Under the great stone.

6Mitä hän siel tekkee?What does he do there?

7Kultakangasta kuttoo,Weaves golden cloth,

8hopiaista hölkyttel.Swings silver threads.

9Taittupa yksi loimi poikki,One warp thread snapped,

10helähtipä hopialanka,The silver thread jingled,

11neito ruppeis itkemää:The maiden began to weep:

12Elä itke, neito nuori,Don't weep, young maiden,

13kyl siun veikkois kotii tullee,Your brothers will come home,

14tuop uuvet ummiskengät:Bringing new death-shoes:

15yhet luiset, toiset puiset,Some of bone, some of wood,

16kolmannet viel kerikkokengät.Third ones bark shoes.

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.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.