Ukko vanha Väinämöine
In the SKVR edition: Sianvaara. Bor. I, n. 19. - 25/8 71. Mihheine Jeyssei, Gordisia; vanha ukko; kuollut v. 1875.
SKVR textEnglish
[Polvenhaavaa - Laivaretkeä - Sammon ryöstöä].
1Ukko vanha VäinämöineOld man Väinämöinen
2Vesti tiiulla venien,Carved boats with a tool,
3Load'i purtta laulamalla,Fashioned the sail by singing,
4Kalkutteli kal'l'ivolla.Hammered with the forge.
5Ei kaza kiveh koske,The stone pile did not hold,
6Kirvez liuskahti lihah,The axe slipped into flesh,
7Väinämöizem polvem peäh,On Väinämöinen’s kneecap,
8Pädözellä varbahaze.The edge struck his toe.
9Jo veri jogena juoksi,Blood flowed like a river,
10Katto kannarvon tüvet,Covered the stump’s roots,
11Peitti pienet marja-ladvat.Hid the small berry-tops.
12Ukko vanha VäinämöineOld man Väinämöinen
13Ajoa sujuttelouMade the journey smooth,
14Suzi-konnalla hevolla.On a swamp-frog steed.
15Küzü üli künnüksen:Asked the plowman above:
16"Ongos talossa tässä“Is there in this house
17Tämän turvan tukkujoa,A cutter for this log’s stump,
18Rauvan roanan kattšojoa,A carver for the staff’s handle,
19Puun jälen puhelioa?"A speaker for the tree’s root?”
20"On ollut talossa tässä“There has been in this house
21Tämän turvan tukkujoa,A cutter for this log’s stump,
22Rauvan roanan kattšojoa,A carver for the staff’s handle,
23Puun jälen puhelioa."A speaker for the tree’s root.”
24Sielä (häin) sai sanoja kolme.There he gained three words,
25Liitti laiaṅ liitoksen:Joined the plank’s joint:
26Virreṅ lauloi, laijan liitti,Sang a charm, fastened the plank,
27Toizen lauloi, toizen liitti,Sang another, fastened another,
28Kohti kolmatta kohotti.Raised toward the third.
29Sai veno valmeheksi.The boat became ready.
30Tüöudäü venozen vezilläLaunched the boat on water,
31Teräksizildä t'eloilda,With oars lacking steel,
32Vaskizista valgamoista,From copper rowlocks,
33Olga-peän ojendamatta,Without straightening the elbow,
34Käzi-varren keändämättä.Without bending the arm.
35Itše istuzih peräh,He himself sat astern,
36Kokan kuldazen nojah,Leaned on a golden oar,
37Melan vaskizeṅ varah.The copper paddle’s might.
38Issutteli laida-kunnaṅSeated the shore-people,
39Puna-päidä ńeidoloja,Red-headed maidens,
40Issutteli toizeṅ laijanSeated another boat’s
41Järi-tukkie brihoja.Hindered-log troubles.
42Ajo päivän suo-veziä,Rode a day through swamp-waters,
43Ajo toizen moa-veziä,Rode another through land-waters,
44Kolmannen meri-veziä,The third through sea-waters,
45Jo ńägü Pohjolan portut.Now saw Northland’s gates.
46Kieldi kurret, kieldi kärret,Denied the cranes, denied the loads,
47Üht' ei kiellä kuziaista.None could deny the suitor.
48Kuziaine kurja poigaThe suitor, wretched son,
49Kuzi kurrelda jalad.Begged the crane’s legs,
50Kurgi laski suuren kulkun,The crane cast a great snare,
51Vägi lindu vällän eänen.The strong bird across the strait.
52Jo-han Pohjol'a havattšu.Now Northland noticed,
53Läksi (Pohjol'an emändä) ajamah jällest'i.(Northland’s mistress) set chase.
54Sano nuori Jougamoine:Said young Joukahainen:
55"Sada-hanga haihattau,“Let the hundred-branched be shattered,
56Tuhat-siibi tuullattau.The thousand-winged scattered!
57Ongo piidä pikkaraine,Is there a tiny spear,
58Tagloja udu-vähäne?"A wisp of mist’s fragment?”
59Iski luodozen mereh.Struck the reef into sea.
60Ei tuota luuvot pidätä,The reef could not hold,
61Sada-hangoista hajotti,Shattered the hundred-branched,
62Tuhat-siiben tutkamista.Toppled the thousand-winged.
63Ongo miekka reijellä,Is the sword in its sheath,
64Oigialla puolella?On the right side?
65Koado sormella venehen.Mended the boat with a finger.
"Siidä meri bohatta."
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.
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-005477 · Read at SKS ↗
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