Minä hiihän hipsuttelen
In the SKVR edition: Juva. Ahlman, F. F. n. 66. -- 1858.
SKVR textEnglish
Mehtämiehen laulu.
1Minä hiihän hipsuttelenI glide, treading softly
2Halla oamuna varahin,On a frost-dawned morning early,
3Ett'ei ämmät äkkäjäisi,Lest crones catch sudden sight,
4Koukkuleuvat kokkajaisi.Hook-mouthed ones confront me.
5Hiihän kohti korven rannan,I glide toward the forest's edge,
6Salon siintävän sisälle,Into the glade's gleaming depths,
7Kummun kultasen navalle.To the golden hill's summit.
8Kuin mä hiihän hilpiästi,As I slip-swiftly glide,
9Tuli suihkii suksen alta,Fire sprays 'neath my ski,
10Sauvu sauvani nenästä,Staff-tip sparks from my pole,
11Sukset kultaset kuluvat,Golden skis wear thin,
12Hopiaiset hoikkenovat.Silver ones grow slim.
13Lepy lehti, kostu korpi,Aspen leaf! Dampen wilds,
14Taivu ainoa Tapio,Bend, lone Tapio,
15Ihastu jumalten ilmaRejoice, gods' domain,
16Miehen männessä metälle!As man ventures to the woods!
17Metän ukko halliparta,Forest's grey-bearded elder,
18Metän kultanen kuningas,Wood's golden king,
19Avaja nyt aittojasi,Open now your storehouses,
20Sinun aittasi avarat.Your granaries wide.
21Laske juoni juoksemahanLet the game-path run,
22Kullaista kujoa myöten,Down the golden track,
23Hopiaista tietä myöten,Along the silver way,
24Osottele ohjaksillaGuide with reins,
25Tielle korvista, kohotaFrom ears to path, ascend
26Tämän pojani poloisen,This wretched son of mine,
27Miehen uron askelille.To the hero's footsteps.
28Äsken ukko ukko lienet,Now you prove yourself elder,
29Kuin sä mulle merkin näytätWhen you show me a sign
30Salon siintävän sisältä,From the glade's bright core,
31Kummun kultasen navalta.From the golden hill's peak.
32Tule vimpura vipuuni,Come crossbill to my bow,
33Pyöräsilmä pyyvykseeni!Wheel-eyed one as my lure!
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-027293 · Read at SKS ↗
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