Kasvo haavat hartioill

SKVR VII1 53·Ilomantsi·1846·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Eur. G, n. 141. -46. Ehkä Nehvonniemestä, jossa Europaeuksen arvellaan laulattaneen etevää laulajaa Natukan Stepaa l. Stepana Karhapäätä, jonka runoja J. Krohnin mukaan voisivat olla, lukuunottamatta lyyrillisiä, n:t 124-46. David Issakainen Kuikassa, jota mainitaan kylän paraaksi laulajaksi, on ilmoittanut oppineensa S:lta jonkun runon ja Nasto Vornanen Luomisrunon (KT, n. 15 ja lis.).

Song types: Maailmansyntyruno, Vipusen virsi, Väinämöisen ammunta

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1Kasvo haavat hartioill,Wounds grew on [his] shoulders,

2Koivun konkelon sivulle.To the side of the birch's gnarled trunk.

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4Tuo viisas Vipusen poikaThat wise son of Vipunen,

5Viikon vankkahan makasiLay motionless for a week,

6Pihalla pinoa vasten,Against the yard's woodpile,

7Vasten koivuista kokoa.Against a gathering of birches.

8Aina ampua käkesi,You kept ordering to shoot,

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10Sano vanha Väinämöinen:Spoke old Väinämöinen:

11"Vilu miun on täällä olla,"The chill here owns my being,

12Vaiva värjötelläkseni,Torment to make me shiver,

13Alla aaltojen asua,To dwell beneath the waves,

14Päällä pehmein mutien."Upon the yielding muds."

15Lenti kokko koilta ilman,The eagle flew from northern skies,

16Havukkainen alta taivon,The hawk from under heaven,

17Siipi taivoa sipasi,One wing grazed the heavens,

18Toinen vettä vieprahutti;The other stirred the waters;

19Muni kultaisen munasen,It laid a golden egglet,

20Munat kultaiset mureni.The golden eggs shattered.

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-030534 · Read at SKS ↗

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