Otan mine on̄en ovesta
In the SKVR edition: Juva. Gottlund n. 424. --24/3 1816. Niilo Puhakainen.
SKVR textEnglish
Tuntu virsi.
Då man t. ex. flyttar på ett nytt ställe, eller då vihat kom̄er från nå gon slags jord eller skog.
1Otan mine on̄en ovesta,I take the door from the door, / I take the threshold from the doorway.
2Haltia havon alta.The haltia beneath the spruce branch.
3Otan mine suolta sormikat,I take mittens from the marsh,
4Havon allta hansikat.From under the spruce, gloves.
5Otan mine kyiset kintat,I take the knotted leggings,
6Maa matoset vantut,Earth’s worms coiled,
7Sekä rauta ruckaset,And iron vessels.
8Koitelen mine kohtausta,I test the meeting,
9Painelen pakon miestä;I press the pagan man;
10Jos ei minussa miestä liene,If there is no man in me,
11Vian piäle väitevet,Place blame on the fault,
12Am̄alle ottettavata.To be taken by the elder.
13Soi hä mine kerukun̄a kärmehäitä,Let me summon a host of snakes,
14Kym̄en kun̄a kyykärmettä,Tenfold vipers,
15Ma kun̄an vanhoja matoja,Earth’s ancient worms,
16Enkös mine sinua syö.Yet I will not eat you.
17Muasta mine vanho väkiä,From elsewhere, old spirits I bring,
18Ian kaiken istunutta,All who’ve sat through eternity,
19Vien miehen tappajoilta,To steal the man from slayers,
20En kös mine sinua syön.Still I will not eat you.
21Lähä, hiisi, hihtimen,*Go, hiisi, to your ski,
22Lähä, lempo, läntemän,Go, lempo, to the west,
23Kylle mine sinulle hevoinen saa:For you, I’ll fetch a horse:
24Otan mine hiiestä hevoisen,I take a horse from the soil,
25Valjasta vaskisen tama.Harness it with copper gear.*
26Lintuine, tuo pas mette Tuonelasta,Bird, bring mead from Tuonela,
27Tippan Tauniolasta,A drop from Tauniola,
28Kipiälle vojtex,A salve for the aching,
29Pahalle painux,A weight for the wicked,
30Läpi kuuman kirven*Through the hot axe’s edge*
31Jouu pia, nopia käskättävä,Hurry now, swiftly commanded,
32Jala rohkeBoldly on foot,
33En̄en päiven nousematta,*Before the day’s rising,*
34Auringon palajamata,Before the sun returns,
35Jon̄e jouse vätes,Where the stream ascends,
36Kyperäin kirjutai,The crooked scribe,
37Am̄u piis terexise vuore.The amulet to Terex’s mountain.
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-026586 · Read at SKS ↗
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