Ukko uunilta puhuu

SKVR I1 293·Suomussalmi·1845·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Hietajärvi. Europaeus K, n. 102. - 1845. Tarija l. Toarie, o. s. Lesosia, Lari Huovisen vaimo, Latvajärvestä tuotu.

SKVR textEnglish

1Ukko uunilta puhuu,Ukko speaks from the hearth,

2Akka vanha vaipan alta,Old crone beneath the blanket,

3Pieni poika portahalta,Little boy from the threshold,

4Lapsi pieni lattialta:*Small child from the floor:*

5"Ei ole talossa tässä"There's nothing in this house

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8(Puun jälen puheliata)(At the tree-stump's speaking-place)"

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11Oli siellä silkkipakka,There was a silk-bundle,

12Silkkipakassa sitehet,*In the silk-bundle, bonds,*

13Nepä katko kaikkityyni.*They shattered all tranquility.*

14Silkissä sitehet suuret,Great bonds within silk,

15Nepä leikkeli lehossaThey cut in the grove

16Verisellä veitsellänsä,With their bloody knife,

17Punaisella puukollansa,With their red blade,

18Sito sitä silkillähän,Tied it with silk,

19Pani palmikoisillansa.Placed on her braids.

20Väinämöisen oppipoikaVäinämöinen's disciple

21Ohjali jokipunaisen,Steered the crimson river,

22Verivirran vieretteli.Made the blood-stream roll.

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.

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