Mitäpä hirnuit, Hiijen ruuna

SKVR I2 1124·Uhtua·1871·Collector: Borenius, A. A.

In the SKVR edition: Jyvöälaksi. Bor. I, n. 53. 6/10 71. Jyvöälahden vaimo Uhtuessa.

Song types: Hiiden sepän kahlinta, Lapsenetsintävirsi, Ylösnousemusvirsi

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1"Mitäpä hirnuit, Hiijen ruuna,"Why did you neigh, Hiisi's stallion,"

2Päristit, pahan hepońi?""Did you snort, my evil horse?"

3"Sitäp' on hirnuñ, Hiijen ruuna,"That is why I neighed, Hiisi's stallion,"

4Päristiñ pahan hepońi,"I snorted, evil horse,"

5Kuimpa† vietih poika polviltase,"Since the boy was taken from his knees,"

6Lapsi lanneh-puoliltase.""The child from the loins' side."

7Läksip' emo ettśimäȟe poikaistaȟe,†"The mother went searching for her boy,"

8Soara-peätä sauvaistaȟe,"For the soara-headed staff,"

9Kullaista omenoaȟe,"The golden apple,"

10Etśitellen hienot heinät,"Searching for fine hay,"

11Katśellen kanarvon juuret."Inspecting heather roots."

12Puuhut vastah tulou."The trees came to meet her."

13"Oi puuhut, Jumalañ luoma!"Oh trees, God's creation!"

14Etkö nähnüñ poijaistańi,"Have you not seen my son,"

15Soarapeätä sauvaistańi,"My soara-headed staff,"

16Kullaista omenoańi?""My golden apple?"

17"Hot näkisiń, eń sanoisi,"Even if I saw, I wouldn't tell,"

18Sie olet miunki luonuń"You are of human creation,"

19Pirtti-puikse pilkotaȟe,"Meant to split cottage logs,"

20Kotapuikse kolkataȟe.""Home stakes to be driven."

21Läksip' emo ettśimähe poijaistaȟe,†"The mother went searching again,"

22Soara-peätä sauvaistaȟe,"For the soara-headed staff,"

23Kullaista omenoaȟe,"The golden apple,"

24Etśitellen hienot heinät,"Searching for fine hay,"

25Katśellen kanarvon juuret."Inspecting heather roots."

26Tiehüt vastahan tulove."The roads came to meet her."

27"Sie tiehüt, Jumalañ luoma!"You roads, God's creation!"

28Etkö tiijä poijuttańi,"Do you not know my son,"

29Soarapeätä sauvaistańi,"My soara-headed staff,"

30Kullaista omenoańi?""My golden apple?"

31"Hot tietäisin, en sanoisi,"Even if I knew, I wouldn't tell,"

32Sie olet miunki luonuń,"You are of human creation,"

33Üksin öikse kulkomaȟe,"Meant to walk alone at night,"

34Päiviksi† vajeltamaȟe.""Worn down by day."

35Ettsi emo poijastaȟe,"The mother searched for her son,"

36Soarapeätä sauvaistaȟe,"The soara-headed staff,"

37Kullaista omenoaȟe,"The golden apple,"

38Etśitellen hienot heinät,"Searching for fine hay,"

39Katśellen kanervon juuret."Inspecting heather roots."

40Päivüt vastahañ tulove."The days came to meet her."

41"Sie päivüt, Jumalañ luoma,"You days, God's creation,"

42Eli armas aurinkoińe!"Or beloved little sun!"

43Etkö nähnüń poijaistańi."Have you not seen my son,"

44Soarapeätä sauvaistańi."My soara-headed staff,"

45Kullaista omenoańi?""My golden apple?"

46"Näimpä mie on poikuose:"I saw your son indeed:"

47Kivet oli alla, poajet peällä,"Stones beneath, gravel above,"

48Somerot oli süöntä-suussa."Mud in his mouth,"

49Pahavalta painetaȟe,"Pressed by evil,"

50Pilatukset piinataȟe.""Torments inflicted."

51"Sie päivüt, Jumalan luoma,"You days, God's creation,"

52Paissas päivüt heltehestä,"Burn in your heat,"

53Siep' on himmestä hijota,"May you cool in shadow,"

54Miehet miekkojen nojaȟe,"Men lean on swords,"

55Vanhat sauvojen varaȟe!"Elders on staffs!"

56Jo paisto päivä heltehestä,"Then the day shone hot,"

57Heänpä himmestä hijotti"Yet it cooled in shadow,"

58Miehet miekkojen nojaȟe"Men leaned on swords,"

59Vanhat sauvojen varaȟe,"Elders on staffs,"

60Ikiloput istumilla.""The eternal ones seated."

61Jopa nousi luoja kuolomasta,"Then the Creator rose from death,"

62Herkäsi† uneksimasta."Awoke from slumber,"

63Jopa läksi luoja astumaȟe."The Creator set forth,"

64(Heän) astuu ajattelekse,"He walked pondering,"

65Kattśelekse, keäntelekse,"Looking, turning,"

66Jo kuuluu: rautivo† takove,"Then rang out: iron clanging,"

67Seppo Hiijen hilkuttave."Hiisi's smith forging."

68Mäni heän† sepän pajaȟe."He went to the smithy."

69"Mitä, rautivo, tavote,"What, iron, do you forge,"

70Seppä Hiijen, hilkutate?""Hiisi's smith, do you hammer?"

71Seppä varsin vastaseki:"The smith answered plainly:"

72"Luojalla kurissus-köüttä.""A throat-chain for the Creator."

73Luoja tuon sanoikse virkki:"The Creator spoke these words:"

74"Pane itśe kaulahase!""Place it around your own neck!"

75Seppä varsin vastaseki:"The smith answered plainly:"

76"Siepä lukkuhu lukitśet,"You lock it into a lock,"

77Siepä rapsoat rappivoihe.""You shatter it to pieces."

78"Eipä se sormin lukittane,†"It cannot be locked with fingers,"

79Käsill' onkoteltaneki."†"Nor hands manipulate it."

80Jopa pani† seppä kaulahase,"Then the smith placed it on his neck,"

81Jopa luoja lukkuhu lukittśi,"The Creator locked it in a lock,"

82Luoja rapsai rappivoiȟe."The Creator shattered it to pieces."

83Jo kil'l'u kiven kovakse,"Then rang the stone hard,"

84Karju rauvan karkiekse."Iron roared into fragments."

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.
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-001306 · Read at SKS ↗

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