Ingrian

English

La ko katson liekkuani,

Let me now look at my swing,

kiuzaelen kiekkuani:

Let me tempt my swing:

ongo liekku vellon tehtü,

Has the swing been made by brother,

aluz ainooni panema

Its lower beam set by my only one,

va on viera’an tegemä,

Or has it been made by a stranger,

venäläizen vestelemä,

Raised by a Russian,

karjalaizen kalguttama?

Carved by a Karelian?

Ku on omani tegemä,

If it’s made by my own (brother),

paissan pannunkakkaraizen,

I will make a pancake,

keidän keltaizen munaizen

I will boil a yellow egg

tinazessa tiskizessä,

In a tin dish,

vaski-reunassa vaissa.

In a copper-rimmed bowl.

Ku on viera’an tegemä,

If it’s made by a stranger,

keidän kännün käärmeidä,

I will stew a snarl of snakes,

pion pitkiä mattoja.

A handful of long snakes.

© MTÜ Rahvalauluselts Hellero, Estonian Folklore Archives of the Estonian Literary Museum, 2015