minä poika luojan luoma
In the SKVR edition: Savo? Arvidsson-Bergh 488 a n. 9. --1700-luv. [Ks. A. R. Niemi, Kaksi kansanrunokokoelmaa viime vuosisadalta. Suomi III. 14. 1897.]
SKVR textEnglish
Då Boskap utsläppes.
1minä poika luojan luoma,I, a boy created by the creator,
2waimon wanhan tufwittama,appointed by the ancient spirit,
3piäk pilfwisä käräjät,the head in the clouds, the court,
4säkeisä sälfwät neufwot,verses, silver advice,
5jot eij noita kyllin söisik,which would not devour them enough,
6kaihi wiljalta witoisik,blight would wither the grain,
7wähäinen minun olisikmy smallness would be
8ahollen ajittawia,hardship-driven ones,
9pällen pälfwen pantafwia,placed as the shield's shield,
10pantu ucko paimeneksi,made the old man a shepherd,
11luoja karjan kahtojaksi,the creator as cattle-watcher,
12iskek ucko uta puta,strike the old man down,
13kåmauta konojela kultasella,force with a golden strap,
14miekalla tuli tärällä,with a fiery sword's edge,
15kurikalla tänä kesuksen käsänä,with the hook of summer's handle,
16jumalan sufwena surra,to mourn as God's sorrow,
17pane piansi pihallen,lay his member on the ground,
18jota hijet hirfiöö,which sweats the monster,
19mankapet karkowa,earth-beasts flee,
20mailta karjan käytäwiltä,from the cattle paths of the lands,
21paimenten pasutawilta,from the shepherds' blown horns,
22kellon kellkuteltawilta,from the bell's swinging,
23tien takaisen tammamata,without an oak on the back road,
24äpä kelfwon käsimätäk,not grasping the tongue,
25kifweksi kickiäldä,as a snake from stone,
26kannocsi kakialta,as a jug from the hand,
27mäkäräcksi manjuosialta,as a handle from the basket,
28anna juosta joutusasta,let it run from idleness,
29wikewästi wiletällä,swiftly with a gust,
30tufvo tuohisa tulinen,smoky fire in birch-bark,
31kauuakaisa kartanollen;to the distant manor;
32kulta rimansi kujallen,gold slipped into the alley,
33wäräjällen wartiansi,to the crossroad, your guard,
34ylen lian yhtämätäk.not to join the excess mire.
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-027779 · Read at SKS ↗
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