Juomari jo'en takanen
In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Eur. G, n. 648. -45. Megrijärvi. Simana Sissonen.
SKVR textEnglish
1Juomari jo'en takanen,Drinker beyond the river,
2Kuivatkulkku pohjolainen,Dry-wanderer of the North,
3Tuopa joi jo'en tulisen,That one drank the fiery river,
4Säkähisen järven särpi.Gulped the murky lake's swirl.
5Tuotihin olutta tuoppi,A tankard of ale was brought,
6Kannu mettä kannettihinA jug of mead was carried,
7Pimiässä Pohjolassa,In dark Pohjola,
8Sangassa saran talossa,In the dense-hinged house,
9Juo'a vanhan Väinämöisen:They made old Väinämöinen drink:
10Hiiva on alla, vaahti päällä,Lees below, foam atop,
11Alla vaahen vaarnikoita,Beneath the foam, maggots,
12Kyitä, käärmeitä kes'ellä.Vipers, snakes in the middle.
13Virkki vanha Väinämöinen:Spoke old Väinämöinen:
14"Ei ole minussa miestä,"There's no man within me,
15Ukon pojassa urosta,In Ukko's son, no hero,
16Juojoa tämän oluen,To drink this ale,
17Tämän kannun kaatajoa."To drain this jug."
18Virkki seppo Ilmarinen:Spoke smith Ilmarinen:
19"Olo suuhun juotanehen,"Let the drink enter mouths,
20Toppa maahan luotanehen."The tankard cast to earth."
21Virkko seppo Ilmarinen:Declared smith Ilmarinen:
22"Ma'ot päässa painuohon,"May worms sink into heads,
23Kyyt nenähän alentuohon!"Vipers descend into nostrils!"
24Siitte seppo IlmarinenThen smith Ilmarinen
25Joi oluen onneksehen,Drank the ale for fortune,
26Me'en mustan mieleksehen;The dark mead for spirit;
27Laulo tuonne tuopin tuojan,Sang the tankard-bearer yonder,
28Kannun kantajan manalle.The jug-carrier to Manala.
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-030944 · Read at SKS ↗
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