Vesi on vanhin veljeksistä

SKVR I4 1014·Suomussalmi·1898·Collector: Jouhki, Sakari

In the SKVR edition: Hietajärvi. Jouhki n. 81. 98. Miina Huovinen.

SKVR textEnglish

Vesihii'en päästäminen.

Paistetaan vereksen ahvenen pää ja sillä painellaan haavoja, samalla loitsitaan:

1Vesi on vanhin veljeksistä,Water is the eldest of the brothers,

2Eläjistä ensimmäinen,First among living beings,

3Vetonen Jumalan luoma,Little Water, shaped by God,

4Jos lienet pahaa tehnyt,If you have wrought harm,

5Niin tule nyt työsi tuntemahan,Come now to know your deeds,

6Pahasi parantamahan!To mend your wrongs!

7Itse turvu tuskihisi,Confront your own suffering,

8Itse paisu pahkohesi,Let your sores swell,

9Haluhusi halkiele,Split your cravings asunder,

10Ennen kuin etsin emosi,Before I seek your mother,

11Kaivan valta vanhempasiDig up your mighty parent,

12Yheksän sylen syvyy'estä,From nine fathoms deep,

13Kivisestä kalliosta,From the stony bedrock,

14Louhesta teräksisestä!From the iron-hard stone!

15Emolla on enempi työtä,Your mother has greater toil,

16Vaiva suuri vanhemilla.Great strife for your elders.

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.

Source

Text: SKVR (Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot), the digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.