Untamoill ol uutti uljas
In the SKVR edition: [Tyrön tienoo]. D. E. D. Europaeus. III 3. 57. 1853.
SKVR textEnglish
1Untamoill ol uutti uljas,At Untamo's was a noble hound,
2Kalervoill oli kartsa koira.At Kalervo's was a scrawny dog.
3Repi uutin Untamoilta;[They] tore the hound from Untamo;
4Kalervoisen nuorin minjä,Kalervo's youngest servant,
5Tuo etsi emännän päätä;He sought the mistress's head;
6Karsi päätä kantajahanTrimmed the head for carrying
7Oven suussa, alla orren,In the doorway, under the beam,
8Kahen ikkunan välissä.Between two windows.
9Kalervoisen nuorin minjä:Kalervo's youngest servant:
10"Onkos noin pimiä pilvi,"Is there such a dark cloud,
11Vain onkos sakea savu,Or dense smoke,
12Vain on ulkona umakka?"Or thick mist outside?"
13Kalervoisen vanhin minjäKalervo's eldest servant
14Katso ulos ikkunasta:Looked out the window:
15"Ei oo noin pimiä pilvi,"There's no such dark cloud,
16Eik ole savu sakea,Nor dense smoke,
17Eik ole ulkona umakka,Nor thick mist outside,
18Untamon sota tuleeUntamo's war comes
19Kalervoista tappaniaan,To slaughter Kalervo's people,
20Kalervoista veikkojaan."Kalervo's brothers/kin."
21Tappo suuret, tappo pienet,Killed the big, killed the small,
22Tappo vanhat ja vakaat,Killed the old and steadfast,
23Tappo keskinkerralliset.Killed the middle-aged.
24Jäi toi yksi poikalapsiRemained that one boy-child
25Kätkyehen liekkumahan,To lie hidden in the cradle,
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27Muu tupa tulin palaa,The other house burned by fire,
28Se kolkka vetona vieri,That corner rolled like a wave,
29Miss se istuu isotoin,Where he sits fatherless,
30Armotoin ajattelee.
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies. Lines without English have no translation, or one that cannot be matched to the line with certainty.
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-012175 · Read at SKS ↗
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