Jo viikon vilussa istu

SKVR VI1 3992·Iisalmi·1820·Collector: Arwidsson, A. I.

In the SKVR edition: Iisalmi ja Kiuruvesi. Arvidsson ja Crohns 371: 10 n. 37, -[1815-20.]

SKVR textEnglish

Talvi toukka.

1Jo viikon vilussa istu,Sit already a week in the cold,

2Kuokauen hevon kusesa,Digging! In the horse's urine,

3Talvikauen tantereesa,On the winter field's expanse,

4Pitkinpä pinoja makaisi,Lie stretched across the stacks,

5Puun juuret pujottelexen,Weaving through tree roots,

6Läpi mättäihen mänöö,Go through the tussocks,

7Alla aitasin asuu,Dwell beneath the fences,

8Aijan rausta kahteloo.Watch time's iron edge.

9Maa isäs, maa emäis,Earth your father, earth your mother,

10Musta multa muu sukuisi,May black soil be foreign kin,

11Visi valta vanhempais.Hark! Power to the elders.

12Kyll' on vettä lähteesä,There's water aplenty in the spring,

13Vettä Juortanin joesa,Water in Juortani's river,

14Vettä taivaan navallaWater at heaven's pole,

15Kipeillen voiteheex,For the pained, as balm,

16Vammoillen parantehex;For the wounded, as cure;

17Voija yltä, voija päältä,Anoint from above, anoint from atop,

18Keske kivuttomax,At the core, painless,

19Alta aivan terveex,From below, wholly sound,

20Lihan nurumattomax!Flesh unrotted!

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.

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