Oi sinua, rauta raukka
In the SKVR edition: Hietajärvi. Jouhki n. 66. 04. Miina Huovinen; kuullut isoäidiltään Ylivuokissa.
SKVR textEnglish
Raudan haavan eli raudan vihain poistaminen.
Teräaseen, jolla haava on leikattu, ottaa tietoja[!] sen ja purasee sitä kolmesti sekä sylkäsee haavaan ja loitsii:
1Oi sinua, rauta raukka,Oh you, iron wretch,
2Rauta raukka, koito kuona,Iron wretch, slag-born dross,
3Miksis veistit veljeäsi,Why did you carve your brother,
4Lastusit emosi lasta?Harm your mother's own child?
5Vesi on vanhin, tuli nuorin,Water is eldest, fire the youngest,
6Rauta kerran keskimäinen.Iron once stood middle-born.
7Sie rauta Jumalan luoma,You iron, God's creation,
8Tule työsi tuntemahan,Come know your deeds,
9Kipeäsi nuolemahan,Lick away your pain,
10Pahasi parantamahan!Mend your wickedness!
11Ei rauta paha olisiIron wouldn't be vile
12Ilman käärmeen käsyttä,Without the serpent's grip,
13Ma'on mustan muiskehetta.The black earth's poison.
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.
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-002500 · Read at SKS ↗
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