Siitä vanha Väinämööni

SKVR I1 131 a)·Pistojärvi·1894·Collector: Inha, I. K.

In the SKVR edition: Koljola. Inha n. 285 (= n. 153). - 1894. Martiskaińi Teppana.

Song types: Kilpakosinta, Sammon taonta, Vellamon neidon onginta, Väinämöisen ammunta

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2Siitä vanha VäinämööniThen old Väinämöinen

3Painaa mielensä pahakse,Pressed his mind into bitterness,

4Sylin syttähih mereehe,With his lap(?) sparked into the sea,

5Kämmenin on laineheese.With palms onto the waves.

6Siellä on kulki 6 vuotta,There he wandered a year,

7Seuloi 7 keseä,Sifted through summer,

8Kulki kuusissa hakona,Walked as a felled tree in spruces,

9Petäjissä pölkyn päänä.As a log's head among pines.

10Siellä tuuli tuuitteli,There the wind blew fiercely,

11Ilman lieto lekutteli,The soft air rocked him,

12Sata haavoa oli urossa,A hundred wounds were on the hero,

13Tuhat tuulen pieksämässä.,A thousand from the wind's beating.

14Halli haukkuu Pohjolassa,*Frost barks in Pohjola,

15Perän peltohon syväähe,To the deep end of the field,

16Hännän maahan torkutellen.Dangling its tail to the ground.*

17Oli neiti Pohjolassa,There was a maid in Pohjola,

18Impi kylmässä kylässä.A maiden in the cold village.

19Siitä Pohjolan emäntä:Then Pohjola's mistress:

20"Mene neiti katsomaahe,"Go, maiden, to see,

21Ei halli valetta hauku,Frost doesn't bark idly,

22Linnan lukki luiskuttele."The castle's bolt doesn't slide."

23Neiti meni katsomaahe:The maiden went to see:

24Itku kuuluvi mereltä,Weeping is heard from the sea,

25Ei ole itku lapsen itku,It's not a child's weeping,

26Eikä itku vaimon itku,Nor a wife's weeping,

27Itku partasuun urohon,A bearded hero's weeping,

28Jouhileuvan juorettelu.The horse-lipped one's lament.

29Siitäpä Pohjolan emäntäThen Pohjola's mistress

30Koprin helmansa kokosi,Gathered her apron's hems,

31Käsin kääri vaattehensa,Wrapped her clothes by hand,

32Siitäpä juoksi joutusasta,Then she ran swiftly,

33Pikasesta piiretteli.Hurried with speed.

34Siell' oli vanha Väinämöni,There was old Väinämöinen,

35Tietäjä iän ikuińi,The sage of eternal age,

36Virren portto polvehuińi,A beggar of songs on his knees,

37Siitä kuljetti kotiihe,Then she escorted him home,

38Syöttelövi, juotteloovi,Fed him, gave him drink,

39Palall' on parenteloovi,With a piece restored him,

40Haavojaki hauteloovi.And healed his wounds too.

41Suvukseni toivoin miestä suurta,For my clan I desired a great man,

42Vävykseni Väinämöistä.As son-in-law, a Väinämöinen.

(Ei muista loppua.)

[Alkupuoli Vellamon neidon ongintaa, ks. n. 280 a).]

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.
The editors’ notes, and the marks in the verses that point to them, are left out; they can be read at SKS.

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-000162 · Read at SKS ↗

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