Vanaha ukko Väinämöinen

SKVR VII1 301·Kiihtelysvaara·1895·Collector: Rytkönen, Antti

In the SKVR edition: Kiihtelysvaara. Rytkönen A, n. 432. -95. Röksä. K. L. Lappalainen, 69 v.

SKVR textEnglish

[Veneenveistoa - Manausta.]

1Vanaha ukko VäinämöinenOld man Väinämöinen, the aged

2Veisti vuorella venettä,Carved a boat on the mountain,

3Kalliolla kalakutteli;On the rock he fished;

4Ei kirves kivvee kuuluThe axe did not strike the stone,

5Eikä kalaka kallioo.Nor the fish into the rock.

6Oli mulla muinon musta koira,I had an ancient black dog,

7Rakki rauvvan karvallinen,A hound with iron-like fur,

8Jonka linnassa lihotin,Whom I fattened in the fortress,

9Kaupungissa kasvattelinIn the city I raised him,

10Syömää kylän kiroja,To eat the village’s curses,

11Kylän noiat nokkimaa.The village sorcerers’ pecking-place.

12Jos multa kyytiä kysynet,If you ask me for a ride,

13Niin kyijjin annan kynnestän,Then I’ll give a ride from my claw,

14Alt on ajohevosen,Beneath is a steed,

15Jonka ei jäläki jiässä tunnu,Whose track isn’t felt in the ice,

16Jalan isku iljanteessa.The hoof’s strike in the 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 edition’s line numbers are replaced by a number on every verse, counted as in the poem reader.

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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