Untamo teki tokkee
In the SKVR edition: Lempaala. Reinh. A IV 20. 47
SKVR textEnglish
1Untamo teki tokkee,Untamo made a seine net,
2Kalevat kalat kokosi,Kaleva's fish he gathered,
3Kalervoine kakran kyntiKalervo's son plowed the rye field,
4Untamon' tuvan per̄ää.Behind Untamo's dwelling.
5Untamoll' ol' uuhisvuonnaUntamo had a year of dearth,
6Söi kaikki Kalevan kakraa;Ate all Kaleva's grain;
7Kalevall' on kärtsä koiraKaleva has a snub-nosed dog,
8Söi uutin Untamolta.Ate Untamo's new crop.
9Untamo sovan asetti,Untamo set a feud in motion,
10Tappo kaikk' Kalervon kans̄a.Killed all Kalervo's kin.
11Jäi yks Kalervon poikaOnly Kalervo's son remained,
12Kätkyvehen liekkumaha.Swaddled in a cradle's hold.
13Untamo uhitelloo:Untamo began to taunt:
14Mihin se poika pantanoho,"Where shall we put the boy,
15Kuhu (se) surma saatanoho?Where send him to his doom?"
16Viedän poikonen vetteen."Take the boy to water."
17Ei poika vetteen kuole,The boy did not drown,
18Istu merikivelle,Sat on a sea-stone,
19Merivettä mittajaa,Measured the ocean's waves,
20Onki meren kalloiFished the sea's cliffs,
21Siima sulkkunen perässä,A feathered line behind him,
22Vapa vaskinen käessä.A copper rod in hand.
23Laitto orjat katsomaa:Sent slaves to observe:
24Ei poika vettehen kuole."The boy doesn't drown."
25Viijä poikonen tulleen;"Bring the boy to fire;"
26Ei poika tulleen kuole,The boy did not burn,
27Hiili koukkuhun käy,Embers hooked to his grip,
28Lukkoo tulen vihhoj,Locked the fire's wrath,
29Tulen töitä arveloo,Pondered the fire's work,
30Ei poika tulleen kuole.The boy did not burn.
31Panna poika paimeneen."Put the boy to herd."
32Tuo selvä sepän emäntäThe smith's shrewd wife
33Paisto kaakun paimenelle,Baked a cake for the herdsman,
34Sipais kivven sissään.Slipped a stone inside.
35Paimen raiska huokasoo,The herdsman wretch groaned,
36Ku vet veitsen kivveen,When he cut into the stone,
37Karahutti kallioho:The blade clashed on rock:
38Voi, voi, huora raiska,"Alas, alas, whorish wretch,
39Kui sie paistot kaakum paimenelle,How you baked for the herdsman,
40Voi siun Perjo lehmästäis.Damn your cow-shaped tricks!"
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 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.
- The editors’ notes, and the marks in the verses that point to them, are left out; they can be read at SKS.
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-016790 · Read at SKS ↗
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