Ise pä se mäsen entinen ämente
In the SKVR edition: Juva. Gottlund n. 355. -- 2-3/9 1815.
SKVR textEnglish
Mäsen sanoia
(åt haren.)
1Ise pä se mäsen entinen ämente,The ancient hill's own head,
2Otta se kultanen kurika,Take the golden crook,
3Jolla käut korvet kottkutelen ,With which you drive through the forests!
4Notkon vieret nolkuttele,Traverse the hollow's edges,
5Yli pyyten yhexen,Over one pine tree,
6Yli kahtoia kahexan.Over two pine trees.
7Hakko mine mässel varvoI chop with the axe-handle,
8Mässille mättelle,To the axe's stump,
9Jolla mine nuorokaista nouattelen,With which I lead the youths,
10Kävykäistä kästyttelen,Handle the pine-cones,
11Yli pyyten yhexen,Over one pine tree,
12Yli kahtoia kahexan.Over two pine trees.
13Hyyperö hyve ämente,Hyyperö, virtuous ancient one,
14Mäten kaunis kakarainen,Hill's fair child,
15Mäten kuluisen kuningas,Hill's aged king,
16Ota vihta vitasesta,Take the whisk from the willow,
17Kojvu korpin notkusesta,Pole from the raven's bend,
18Joila käuet karjas kajkottele,With which you drive the herd,
19Tän̄e ko on mäit kaltosamat,Here where hills are alike,
20Tän̄e mäte vierosam̄at,Here the hill is foreign,
21Tie polku PohjolastaPath from the Northland,
22Kultasen kuian ete,Before the golden moon,
23Päin porstuan ete,Toward the porch-front,
24Poik puoli kyn̄yxen.Cut half a fingernail.
25Kuin syrjen sysäx,As I thrust aside,
26Silloi suitilla sivalla,Then on the fence-side,
27Silki sillaxi sivillak,Silk on the bridge-side,
28Koht neuvoia, koht pyyxia.Soon advise, soon ask.
29Pure tuosta tuo messen varpuBite from there the ritual sapling,
30Messesästä mättestä,From the feast's stump,
31Jok' on ylös tyvinen,Which grows roots upward,
32Alas latvanen,Crown downward,
33Jok on pästy mässi väsille.Which let the axe rest.
34Hio kynsin kirveheisSharpen the axe with nails,
35Viten viro kive,Quick on Estonian stone,
36Kuten kovaisim̄e,Like the hardest one,
37Ukkosam̄e, ainosam̄e,Thunder's, eternal one,
38Iskä itästä pilvi,Strike the eastern cloud,
39Toinen län̄este lähete,Another sends from the west,
40Syrin yhtesen sysä,Push together! Thrust,
41Lomaxuta loukauta.Bend the joint.
42Ej ou viho sua sormen nänessä,No anger in your fingertip,
43Eikä katten kainalossa.Nor in the sleeve's fold.
44Sa mätte Mättolan euko,You hill, Mättola's wife,
45Huno Tapiolast,Huno from Tapiola,
46Tuo tuolta kusta käsken,Bring from where I bid,
47Tako Tanian lin̄an,Forge Tanian's linen,
48Visko villan myttyäs,Fling the wool bundle,
49Katko karvan pallias.Cut the hair-ball.
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
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Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-027298 · Read at SKS ↗
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