Saipon poikoo 9:sän

SKVR I4 66·Kontokki·1832·Collector: Lönnrot, Elias

In the SKVR edition: Akonlaksi. Lönnrot A II 2, n. 4. 32. Trohkimaińi Soava.

Song types: Pakkasen sanat, Pakkasen synty

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1Saipon poikoo 9:sän.[She] bore a son of the weather.

2Kutsu Luojan ristimään,Invited the Creator to baptize,

3Jumalan nimiämään:To name with God’s names:

4Yhen pani Tuulettaren,One [name] was Wind’s Daughter,

5Toisen pani Vihmattaren,The second, Rain’s Daughter,

6Kolmas on Pusurin poika.The third is Pusuri’s son.

7Pakkanen pajuilla synty,Frost was born on willows,

8Kova ilma koivikolla.Harsh cold in the birch grove.

9Pakkanen Näsörvän poika,Frost, Näsörvä’s son,

10Sillon kylmit suuren kylmän,Then you froze with great cold,

11Jalon pakkasen palelit,*By noble frost, you chilled,*

12Kuin kylmit Ahen merellä,As you froze Ahti’s sea,

13Vatsahan heposen varsan,A horse-foal’s belly,

14Koiran pennun persiöön;A dog-pup’s rear;

15Sillon kylmit suuren kylmän,Then you froze with great cold,

16Jalon pakkasen palelit,By noble frost, you chilled,

17Käen vaimon taikinaan,The cuckoo’s wife’s dough,

18Hukan lapsen kätkiöön.The wolf-child’s hiding place.

19Aiko hän Jumalan kylmää.He meant God’s cold.

20Keritsi kiveltä villat,Sheared wool from stone,

21Takut talven maan̄ehelta,Coats from winter’s realm,

22Kiiretteli kinttahiksi,Hastened them into mittens,

23Suoritteli sukkasiksi,Finished them into socks,

24Käsin pakkasen piteli,Gripped Frost by hand,

25Kovan ilman koprisaan,Confined the harsh cold,

26Tunki pakkasen tuleen,Stuffed Frost into fire,

27Rautaseen kiukaan.Into the iron stove.

28Vanno vaikien valan:Swore a silent oath:

29Jos sun kuulen kylmäväni,If I hear you chilling me,

30Tulen työni tuntemaan,I’ll know my work’s worth,

31Pahani parentamaan,To mend my wrongs,

32Mie vaivuin vaattehin,I toiled into garments,

33Juon juomana vihani,Drink my wrath as ale,

34Oluni omat pahani.My life, my own evils.

35Kylmään soita, kylmään maita,To cold bogs, cold lands,

36Kylmään kylmiä kiviä,To cold, cold stones,

37Kylmään kahta kalliooTo cold two cliffs,

38Selvältä mereltä selältä,From the clear sea! From the back,

39Ulapall' on aukeilla.The open sea’s expanses.

40Mato pakkasen imetti,A worm nursed Frost,

41Mato syötti, kyy imettiA worm fed, a viper nursed,

42Nännistä nisuttomasta,From a milkless teat,

43Utaresta uuttomasta.A calf-less udder.

44Tuonnema sinun manoan:To Tuonela’s realm:

45Pakkanen maon mahaan,Frost into the worm’s gut,

46Viluviima hettieen.Chill wind to the stallion.

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.

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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-002406 · Read at SKS ↗

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