Istu kyhjä kynnyksellä

SKVR I4 1644·Suomussalmi·1893·Collector: Marttini, Iivana

In the SKVR edition: Kuivaj. Marttińi n. 63. 93. Iivanan emäntä; kuullut äidiltänsä.

SKVR textEnglish

Läävälinnun synti.

1Istu kyhjä kynnyksellä,Sit, hunchback, on the threshold,

2Keko keski lattialla,A stack in the floor's center,

3Vähjä väännätti perässäThe small one writhed behind,

4Etonoja luotehella,At the northwest ditch,

5Matoja suvettarelle.Worms to Suvetar's domain,

6Pihan nukka, pellon tokka,Yard's mold, field's blight,

7Ahin aitojen alani,Weasel under the fences,

8Kiulun korvien kierteliä,Circler of the bucket's ears,

9Hulikkojen huuhtelia,Washer of the riffraff,

10Pahoin teit, kuin panitYou wrought evil when you placed

11Huonehesta honkasesta,From the pine-built chamber,

12Petäjäisestä pesästä.From the pine-tree nest,

13Orren päälini omena,An apple on my roof-beam,

14Parreh päälini pakana,A heathen on my rafter,

15Tule töitäs' tuntomahan,Come know your misdeeds,

16Pahojas' parantamahan,To mend your wickedness,

17Ennen kuin emolle sanonBefore I tell the mother,

18Tahi virkan vanhemmalle;Or the elder in office;

19Enämpi emolla työtä,No more work for the mother,

20Vaiva suuri vanhemmilaa!Great strife for the 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 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.

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