Jumalaisen aino poika

SKVR V1 796·Lempaala·1854·Collector: Slöör, Kaarlo

In the SKVR edition: Lempaala, Mäkienk. Slöör VIII 3. 54.

Song types: Moni mies, moni hevonen sortuupi sotikeolle, Päivän päästö

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1Jumalaisen aino poika,The divine only son,

2Jesuksen käkkyis poika,Jesus's hidden/commanded son,

3Läksi päivän etsinkohon,Set out to seek the sun,

4Läksi auringon ajohon,Set out to chase the sun,

5Kuin kynttilällä kynnettihin,As plowed with a candle's light,

6Tuohuksilla oltiin tuvassa:On birch bark in the house:

7Pääst ei päivä paistamahan,The sun could not shine forth,

8Kuu Jumalan koittamahan.The moon of God could not rise.

9Ajoi tietä pikkaraisen.He drove a tiny path,

10Tuli hako vastahani;A branch came against me;

11Ei pääse yli ha'osta,None could cross the branch,

12Pääse ei linnut lentäväiset,Not even birds flying,

13Ei ma'ot matelevaiset.Nor snakes crawling.

14Ostin tynnyrin olutta,I bought a barrel of beer,

15Toisen tynnyrin me'oista,Another of meads,

16Tipahuttelin olutta,I spilled the beer,

17Läikähyttelin meoista:I splashed the mead:

18Hako kahtehen katosi.The branch split in two.

19Jumalaisen aino poika,The divine only son,

20Jeesuksen käkkyis poika,Jesus's hidden son,

21Läksi päivän etsinkohon etc.Set out to seek the sun, etc.

22Tuli joki vastahani;A river came against me;

23Ei pääse yli joesta,None could cross the river,

24Pääse ei linnut lentäväiset,Not even birds flying,

25Ei maot matelevaiset.Nor snakes crawling.

26Moni on mies, moni molotsa,Many a man, many a fool,

27Moni on ukko uuen linnan,Many an elder at a new castle,

28Alle mäen märkänevät,Get wet below the hill,

29Ei pääse yli mäestä,None could cross the hill,

30Pääse ei linnut lentäväiset,Not even birds flying,

31Ei maot matelevaiset.Nor snakes crawling.

32Ostin tynnyrin olutta,I bought a barrel of beer,

33Toisen tynnyrin meoista,Another of meads,

34Tipahuttelin olutta,I spilled the beer,

35Läikähyttelin meoista;I splashed the mead;

36Joki kahtehen katosi,The river split in two,

37Minä pääsin yli jo'esta,I crossed over the river,

38Pääsiit linnut lentäväisetThe birds flew over,

39Ja maot matelevaiset.And the snakes crawled.

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-017283 · Read at SKS ↗

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