Läksin höyty höytymää
In the SKVR edition: Lempaala, Nenimäki. Räikk. 547. 17. Akulina Nikolajeva o.s. Sorvali, (inkerikko).
SKVR textEnglish
1Läksin höyty höytymää,I went to chant the chant,
2Kukon jalka suljumaa.To seal the rooster's foot.
3Höyty höysi sille maalle,The chant enchanted that land,
4Millä maalla puut punaset,Where trees are red,
5Puut punaset, maat siniset,Red trees, blue lands,
6Hopijaiset hongan oksat,Silvery pine branches,
7Kultaiset petäjän kerkot,Golden pine tops,
8Vaskiist katajan varvat.Copper-hued juniper twigs.
9Läksin marjaa mie emolle,I went to pick berries for my mother,
10Vanhemmalle vuapukkaa.For the elder, a cloak.
11Poimin puoloi mie putinan,I gathered half my basket,
12Lasin kannen karpaloi.Poured the lid with cranberries.
13Mie toin marjat muamollein,I brought berries to my mother,
14Karpalot kapaloijjallein.Cranberries in wrapped bundles.
15Tuost tuo tyyty, tuost tuo täyty,From that, satisfaction, from that, fullness,
16Tuost tautii tapas.From that, illness struck.
17Läsi vuuven vuotehees,She lay in the year's bed,
18Kaks on alla kattehees.Two covers beneath her.
19Jo alko iho märätä,Her skin began to rot,
20Pois pohkeet loheta.Her shins crumbled away.
21Läksin noijalle kylille,I went to the sorcerers' village,
22Astuin arvon tietäjälle.Stepped before the honored seer.
23Noijjat sannoit kuolevaksi,Sorcerers declared her dying,
24Tietäjät paranevaksi.Seers declared her recovering.
25Tulin noijjalta kyliltä,I came from the sorcerers' village,
26Astuin arvon tietäjiltä,Stepped away from the honored seers.
27Jo olj vello vestämässä,Already broth was brewing,
28Kalkutti emon kananen.Mother's hen clucked.
29Mie kyselin velloltain:I asked the broth-makers:
30"Mitäs vestät, velluein?""What are you brewing, broth-makers?"
31Vello vasten vastaeli:The broth answered:
32"Vestän muamolle maijjaa,"I brew a coffin for mother,
33Emolle elotuppaa,A death-shirt for the mother,
34Ilman ikkunattomaa,Without windows,
35Ja ilman ovettommaa."And without doors."
36Siit löin kaksi kämmentäin,Then I struck my two palms,
37Koin olt luona luopuessa,Checked if the soul was near departure,
38Läsnä hengen lähtiessä,As the spirit was leaving,
39Jos lie virtaa visattu,If the stream was cursed,
40Sysästy syrjin mäkkee,Or buried sideways in the earth,
41Taih lie luotu luosasee.Or cast as an offering.
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-016490 · Read at SKS ↗
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