Hiihoin šoittain šoita myöt'en
In the SKVR edition: Kivijärvi. Martt. n. 913. 10. Maura Marttińi.
SKVR textEnglish
Karhun tappaja kotiin tultua laulaa:
a.
1Hiihoin šoittain šoita myöt'en,With Hiisi's playing, play along,
2Hypähellen kankahie,Hopping across the heath,
3Noššin šukšeńi šoluhun,I lifted my skis into the track,
4Ot'imeni orren piähä,My grip to the beam's end,
5Pissin piikkińi pivoh.I set my spike into the pivot.
6Pois, pojat, porštuošta,Away, lads, from the porch,
7Piijat, piht'ipuol'iseštaMaids, from the entryway's half,
8Ohon tullešša tupah!When coming there to the house!
9Onko piijat pirtit pešty,Have the maids washed the bathhouses,
10Lattiet vesin lakaistuFloors swept with water,
11Tulovalla vierahalla?For the arriving guest?
12Kunne vienen vierahańi,Where shall I take my guest,
13Kunne kuuluńi kuletan?Where carry my belongings?
14Ovenšuuhko alla orren?The door gap under the beam?
15En vielä šiihikänä,I am not yet worthy,
16Vien penkillä perähI take [them] to the back bench,
17Kahen laut̮an katkimilla.On two plank fragments.
18En vielä šiihikänä.I am not yet worthy.
19Panen aitan parviloilla,I place [them] on the granary loft,
20Šiitä kupt̮illa kuletan,From there carry in baskets,
21Šiitä kannan kaupunkihin.From there haul to towns.
b.
Emäntä laulaa:
22Mistä mieheńi tulou,From where does my man come,
23Kun hiän lauluan tulou?When he comes with a song?
24Miel'in met̮t̮ä anto,His mind gave honey,
25Ilvekšen šalon isäntä.The master of the fox's fur.
26Tuota vuotin tuon ikäni,That I waited all my life,
27Puhki polveni halusin:Through my knee I desired:
28Soittuo pyhän tapivon,To play the holy rite,
29Pyhän piijan pil'l'in iäntä.The holy maid's lifelong charm.
30Illat issuin ikkunašša,Evenings I sat at the window,
31Valvatin vajojen päissä,Kept watch at the sheds' ends,
32Šeisoin kaikki šuot šulakši,Stood until swamps turned to ashes,
33Šuot šulakši, muat šulakši,Swamps to ashes, lands to ashes,
34Šulat muat šomerikokši.Ashen lands to dark seas.
35Terveh, otšo, tultuoš',Hail, bear, your arrival,
36Mesikämmen, käytyöš'!Honey-paw, your visit!
37Jo on piijat pirtit pešty,Now the maids have washed the bathhouses,
38Lattiet vesin valeltuFloors rinsed with water,
39Tulovalla vierahalla,For the arriving guest,
40Šuavalla käkievällä.The gentle wanderer.
41Viikon viivyit, kauvan kuuluitA week you lingered, long you were heard
42Viron maita juoššeššaš'.Running through Estonian lands.
43En mie ampuon ajellutI did not chase to hunt,
44Enkä pyytät pyssyn kanša,Nor seek game with a gun,
45It̮e hairahit havolta,You yourself strayed from the path,
46Vierit vempelen šelältäRolled the trickster from the back,
47Halki marjasen mahasi,Through the berry's belly,
48Halki vaski-vat̮t̮ašesi,Through your copper belly,
49Halki kultasen kupusi.Through your golden cloak.
50Vil'l'oin šuusi, vil'l'oin piäsi,I charmed your mouth, charmed your head,
51Vil'l'oin viisi hammaštasi,Charmed your five teeth,
52Vil'l'oin otuš it̮eki.Charmed the creature itself.
53Meill' on kainut karjapiijat,We have modest herd-maids,
54Emännät epäpätöset,Mistresses undoubting,
55Jott'ei karja kaipahtais',So the herd won't long,
56Ei vikois' emännän vil'l'a.Nor blame the mistress's fault.
(Viinaa annetaan).
c.
57Ei ole kaikista urohista,Not all heroes,
58Ei pojista puol'istana,Nor half the lads,
59Šiihi uroja ušotah,Are trusted as heroes,
60Šiihi miehijä val'itahChosen as men
61Met̮än hirven hiihantah,To ski after the forest elk,
62Korven karhun kuantah.To track the wilderness bear.
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-003665 · Read at SKS ↗
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