Kalervall oil kartsa koira
In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Putkela. Saxbäck 144. 69.
SKVR textEnglish
1Kalervall oil kartsa koira,Kalerva had a rough-coated dog,
2Tuo rev' uuten Untamolta,That fox brought anew from Untamo,
3Untamon tuvan perään.Behind Untamo's dwelling.
4Untamo kovin vihastu,Untamo grew fiercely angry,
5Tappoi kaikk Kalervan joukon.He slaughtered all Kalerva's kin.
6Jäi yksi Kalervan poika.One son of Kalerva remained.
7Mihin poika pantanehe,Where shall the boy be placed,
8Kuhun surma saatanehe?Where shall death be delivered?
9Pannaan sitt vetteen poika;Then they put the boy in water;
10Ei poika huku vetteen,The boy did not drown in water,
11Istuu vaan kesellä vettä,He sat in the water's midst,
12Lukkoo vaan veen lukuja.Chanting the water's spells.
13Hannuksen halia hattuHannus's frost-warding hat
14Miun vetteen verhokseen!Be my cloak in the water!
15Mihin poika pantanehe?Where shall the boy be placed?
16Pannaan sitt tulleen poika;Then they put the boy in fire;
17Ei poika pala tulessa,The boy did not burn in fire,
18Istuu vaan kesellä tulta,He sat in the fire's midst,
19Lukkoo vaan tulen lukkoo.Chanting the fire's locks.
20Marketan puna hamonen,Marketta's red shirt
21Miun tullee turvaksein! j.n.e.Be my shield in the fire! etc.
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.
- 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-016819 · Read at SKS ↗
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