Voi minun poloisen poian
In the SKVR edition: Juva. Gottlund n. 28. - 16/11 1815. Olli Laukkainen.
SKVR textEnglish
Runo.
1Voi minun poloisen poian,Alas, my wretched son,
2Kuin olen noitin noroila,How I am the sorcerers' fool,
3Velhoin on elo vetillä,The sorcerers' life is on water,
4Kattehein on kuarteheila.With covers on the edges.
5Notia on noroini täus,The sorcerer's fool is full,
6Vellhoi on elo veteni,The sorcerers' life is my waters,
7Katehita kuartehin.Covered with edges.
8Ukko Turjasta tulopi,The old man from Turja comes,
9Äiä laskixe Lapista,The elder launched from Lapland,
10Venehellä vaskisella,In a copper boat,
11Purjehella rautaisella,With an iron sail,
12Rinta hyysä, kokka jäsä,Chest frozen, prow stiff,
13Hallasa on pärän piteiä,In frost are the boat's planks,
14Ilianesa on istumetkin,In the evening are the seats too,
15Kaik on kuaret kalkareisa,All edges are clanging,
16Pärämies on lumen varassa.The boatman relies on snow,
17Tohin kon ma tullaHow dare I come
18Turjalaisten tulille,To the Turja people's fire,
19Lapin lasten valkialle,To Lapland children's white place,
20Kussa velhot vette juovat,Where sorcerers drink water,
21Lakkivat kylen katet?Lick the village's roofs?
22Nin pa nuo salvurit sanopi,Then those sorcerers speak,
23Veren juojat vertälövet.Blood-drinkers of blood-drinks.
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-025454 · Read at SKS ↗
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