Ettsi luontois lohesta
In the SKVR edition: Liiss. Nenikkälä. Kärki 439. 07. Mari Väärä, 32 v. Kuuli Anni Pukilta, 71 v. Rampalasta.
SKVR textEnglish
Lapsien yöitkuun.
1Ettsi luontois lohesta,Originate from the salmon's nature,
2Hauvan alta haltiais,From beneath the pike, the spirits,
3Syntyis syvästä muasta!May [it] be born from deep earth!
4Piä sie hiekkanen hipiä,Let your head be sandy hide,
5Rauvankarvanen kamara.Iron-haired your body.
6Otin mie koholta koprat,I took branches from the heights,
7Haukalta hatimet suuret,From the pike, great coverings,
8Mil puskuja puserran,With which I repel assaults,
9Kopristan kovvaa miestä.I restrain the hardened man.
10Piästä luonto, piästä Luoja,Release, nature, release, Creator,
11Piästä, piästä jo, Jumala!Release, release now, God!
12Kuin kuun kehästä piästät,As you release the moon from its halo,
13Niin piästä tätä lasta.So release this child.
14Puhehista pohjalaisen,From the words of the Northern one,
15Lausehista lappalaisen,From the spells of the Sámi,
16Ukon saastasen sanoista,From Ukko’s defiled utterances,
17Akan mustan murhehista!From the black crone’s curses!
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-016092 · Read at SKS ↗
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