Hoi, ukko ylijumala
In the SKVR edition: Kuutamolahti. Salminen n. 1808. - 09. Luka Tarasov, Vonkerinsaaresta.
SKVR textEnglish
Lehmän lasku.
1Hoi, ukko ylijumala,Hail, Ukko, supreme god,
2Tahi toatto taivahan;Or father of heaven;
3Pane aita raudaine,Set an iron fence,
4Katos vaskinen - -A copper shelter,
5Silda hobine - -A horse-bridge,
6Jot ei kalat alatš' ei uidais',So fish would not swim beneath,
7Linnut peälitše lennettäis'!Birds would not fly above!
8Moasta mannulaFrom the earth below,
9Heittäis' hirvet juoksennat,May deer scatter from running,
10Karhut karja käymättömäks'.Bears leave the herd untrodden!
11Pistä pihlajane sii,Plant a rowan there,
12Lepän lunto lehtilöi,Adorn with alder's snowy leaves,
13Käykö kuziaiset kuomiks,May beetles form a covering,
14Muurahaset vierahaks'Ants [become] strangers,
15Minu karjan peällen',Over my herd,
16Jos ei astu armussaa,If they do not step with mercy,
17Tuogo vierast' vierellää,Bring strangers nearby,
18Etšimättä aina meile.Unbidden, always to us.
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-006517 · Read at SKS ↗
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