Ähky poika ämperöinen

SKVR IX4 648·Kivijärvi·1884·Collector: Krohn, Kaarle

In the SKVR edition: Kivij. Krohn 3520. 84. Kinnula. Juho Urpilainen, 53 v.

SKVR textEnglish

Ähky.

1Ähky poika ämperöinen,A swollen, tub-like boy,

2Tohku poika tomperoinen,A chubby, stubby boy,

3Kolmas on kotanokinen,The third is a house-elf,

4Kotahiilistä hevonen.A horse of hearth-coals.

5Kyllä minä sulle kaakun leivonI will bake you a cake,

6Rautasilla hyppysillä,With iron-clad fingertips,

7Rautasen uunin sisällä,Inside an iron oven,

8Joka on sys'puista synnytetty,Born from charcoal pines,

9Pajan kuonista kokoiltu,Assembled from smithy's snouts,

10Pää pantu pataranista,Head placed from a gunpowder barrel,

11Silmät liinan siemenistä,Eyes from flax seeds,

12Korvat lammin lumpehista,Ears from pond lilies,

13P... e tervanahtarista,[Soft] from a tar-ladle,

14K...ä hongan oksasta,[Curved] from a spruce branch,

15Suu suolakopsasta,Mouth from a salt cellar,

16V...u tervasiihvilästä,[Body] from a tar-sieve,

17Jalat kuusen janhuksesta,Legs from spruce bark,

18Käet tuohen käppyrästä,Hands from birch bark's knots,

19M..at mukkurakivestä,[Guts] from lumpy stone,

20Nenä peuran sarvesta.Nose from a deer's antler.

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.

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