Kūlin minä kum̄empia

SKVR I2 898·Uhtua·1834·Collector: Lönnrot, Elias

In the SKVR edition: Uhut. Lönnrot A II 5, n. 82. - 1834.

Song types: Hämeen ihmeet, Iso härkä, Iso sika

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1"Kūlin minä kum̄empia,"I heard more wondrous things,"

2Näin minä imehempiä"I saw more miraculous things,"

3Hämehessä käyessäni,"While journeying through Häme,"

4Minäpä kuulin kummempia.""Indeed, I heard stranger things."

5"Mitä kuulit kummempia,"What wondrous things did you hear,"

6Mitä näit imehempiä?""What miracles did you see?"

7"Hämehessä härkä suuri,"In Häme, a great ox,"

8Sonni Suomessa lihava;"A fat bull in Finland;"

9Ei ole härkä suuren suuri,"The ox isn't of great size,"

10Eikä härkä pienen pieni,"Nor small in smallness,"

11Kesko lehmojen vasoja."A young bull among heifers' calves."

12Siat sotki taikinata,"Pigs spoiled the dough,"

13Emännät sikoina röhki;"Mistresses grunted like swine;"

14Kirveellä keitetään,"They boil with an axe,"

15Kattilalla leikataan.""Cut with a cauldron."

16Etsitähän iskiota,"Let us seek a striker,"

17Tahotahan tappajoo,"Should we want a killer?"

18Etsitähän iskioo,"Let us seek a striker,"

19Tahotahan tappajoo."Should we want a killer?"

20Läksi ukko iskemään|,"Läksi" = archaic past of "lähteä" (to go). "Ukko" = old man. Pipe symbol likely typo.

21Palvonen pitelemään,"Palvonen to hold,"

22Virokannas viilömään."Virokannas to sharpen."

23Härkä päätään häiläytti."The ox shook its head,"

24Eik' olehärkä suuren suuri,"Nor is the ox of great size,"

25Eikä härkä pienen pieni,"Nor small in smallness,"

26Päivän lenti pääskylintu"A day's-flight of a swallow"

27Härän sarvien väliä,"Between the ox's horns,"

28Hätäsestä päähän pääsi;"Barely reached the head;"

29Kuun juoksi kesä orava"A moon's run of a summer squirrel"

30Härän hännän luuta myöten,"Along the ox's tailbone,"

31Eip' on vielä päähän päässyt,"Had not yet reached the head,"

32Härän hän̄ällä lepäsi,"Rested on the ox's tail,"

33Siitä vasta päähän pääsi;"Only then reached the head;"

34Kesän kärppä käänteliin"A summer weasel turned"

35Yhen kytyen sialla."One spark in the pen."

36Hepo hännin puuhun juoksi,"The horse ran its tail into a tree,"

37Oro kuusessa makasi."The stallion slept in a spruce."

38Etsitähän iskioo,"Let us seek a striker,"

39Tahotahan tappajoo."Should we want a killer?"

40Läksi ukko iskemään,"The old man went to strike,"

41Palvonen pitelemään,"Palvonen to hold,"

42Virokannas viilömään."Virokannas to sharpen."

43Härkä päätään häilätti,"The ox shook its head,"

44Mustat silmät muilahutti,"Rolled its black eyes,"

45Ukko kuuseh kavahti,"The old man jumped into a spruce,"

46Palvonen pajan nenähän,"Palvonen to smithy's snout,"

47Virokannas kanon päähän."Virokannas on rooster's head."

48Ukko kuusesta toruupi,"The old man scolds from the spruce,"

49Palvonen pajun nenästä,"Palvonen from willow's snout,"

50Virokannas kaunon päästä:"Virokannas from the fair one's head:"

51"Kuin on tullen toisen kerran,"When I come a second time,"

52Saan vertä 7 venettä,"I'll get boat's blood,"

53100 syltä makkaroa,"Fat of sausages,"

541000 puutoa lihoa,"Wooden meat,"

55Kuuta 6 leiviskätä.""Moon's weight in bread."

56Sitä hän meni toisen kerran;"Then he went a second time;"

57Ukko ham̄asta hiovi,"The old man sharpened his tooth,"

58Palvonen piteleepi,"Palvonen keeps holding,"

59Virokannas viilööpi."Virokannas keeps sharpening."

60Sai vertä 7 venettä,"Got boat's blood,"

61100 syltä makkaroa,"Fat of sausages,"

621000 puutoa lihoa,"Wooden meat,"

63Kuuta 6 leiviskätä."Moon's weight in bread."

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-001059 · Read at SKS ↗

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