Etsi synnyntä-sihas
In the SKVR edition: N. Pärspää. Lukk. 527. 10. Mikulkan nainen.
SKVR textEnglish
1Etsi synnyntä-sihas,Seek the birthplace-spot,
2Etsi kasvokallastas,Seek the growth-cliff's edge,
3Synnyntä syviltä mailta,Birth from the deep lands,
4Haon alta haltijasi!Under the log, your guardian spirit!
5Ken katein katsonoon,Whoever watches with envy,
6Silmin kieroin kepsinöön:With squinting, crooked eyes:
7Silmät vertä vuotakoot,Let their eyes bleed blood,
8Räntänä räpähtykööt!Let them blink like sleet!
9Mettiseltä mattiselta,From the honeyed covered-one,
10Yheksän meren ylitse,Over nine seas,
11Naisien reisiin välistä,From between women's thighs,
12Virtsakinttujen vihasta.From the wrath of urine-streams.
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 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-011317 · Read at SKS ↗
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