Anterus, ylinen yrkä
In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Lönnrot Q, n. 87. -38.
SKVR textEnglish
1Anterus, ylinen yrkä,Anterus, the lofty man,
2Oli teihensä käviä.He roamed others' paths.
3Kaisa sääti sänkyänsäKaisa made her bed
4Luisen lukkojen takana.Behind bone-carved locks.
5Anterus, ylinen yrkä,Anterus, the lofty man,
6Otti sarvehen olutta,Took ale into a horn,
7Kasto kaljalla saranat,Greased hinges with beer,
8Ovet visko viertehellä.Threw doors down the slope.
9Kaisa saattapi sanoa:Kaisa began to say:
10"Et ole oma uroni,"You are not my true husband,
11Olet huorien hosuja,You chase after whores,
12Väärtivaimoin väjyjä.Seducer of others' wives.
13Laiton kaunoni kalaan,My unlawful dear to the fish,
14Luotuni lohen perään,My trusted one after salmon,
15Kesän tuopi suuren hauin.Summer brings a great pike.
16Maotko alla makapi?Worms beneath you lying?
17Kirput kippelehtämään,Fleas to swarm,
18Lutikat lutustamaan!"Bedbugs to breed!"
19Tempasi tupesta tuiman,She grabbed a harsh [weapon] from the house,
20Syöksi miestä syänalaan,Thrust the man into the hearth,
21Läpi läm̄öisten lihoin,Through warm flesh,
22Kautta kainalon vaseman.Through the left armpit.
23Virkko Antti Annilleen:Antti said to Anni:
24"Mene, Anni, kahtomaan,"Go, Anni, to see,
25Karhuko huuti karjassain,If a bear roars in the cattle,
26Metän lieho lehmissäin!"The forest lynx among the cows!"
27Anni on arka päältäi,Anni was timid by nature,
28Turkkiinsa turveleksen,Bundled into her furs,
29Vaippohinsa varjeleksen.Cloaked for protection.
30Antti yhä ahistelepi:Antti kept pressuring:
31"Mene, Anni, kahtomah!""Go, Anni, to look!"
32Kaisa seiso seinän vieret,Kaisa stood by the wall,
33Asu akkunan aluksetStepped below the window,
34Käessä verinen veihti,A bloody weapon in hand,
35Tupessa oil tuima veihti,In the house, a fierce weapon,
36Päässä huntu hurmehinen.A blood-stained veil on her head.
37Antti saattapi sanoa:Antti began to say:
38"Voi sinua, hiien huora,"Woe to you, devil’s whore,
39Jo tapoit oman urosi!"You killed your own husband!"
40Kaisa varmon vastaeli:Kaisa firmly replied:
41"Ei ollut oma uroni,"He was not my true husband,
42Oli huorien hosuja,He chased after whores,
43Väärtivaimoin väjyjä.Seducer of others' wives.
44Laiton kaunoni kalaan;My unlawful dear to the fish;
45Syksyllä oravirihmat.In autumn, squirrel traps.
46Jos tuo syyksi pantanee,If this is blamed on me,
47Vioiksi veettänehe,Taken as guilt,
48Otan pankon palttinoo,I’ll take linen as a bribe,
49Toisen liinan aivinoo,Another fine cloth,
50Kolman̄en verkoo vetänen,A third as fishing nets,
51Jolla lahjon lautamiehet,To sway the jurors,
52Jolla tuomarit totutanPersuade the judges
53Puhumahan puoleltani,To speak on my behalf,
54Viereltäni virkkamahan.To testify beside me.
55Jos vielä syyksi pantanee,If still blamed,
56Vioiksi veettänehe,Taken as guilt,
57Kyll' on suurta Suomen maata,There’s vast Finnish land,
58Laajoa Lapin rajoaBroad Lapland’s borders,
59Piiltä suuren pilloniekan,To hide a great fugitive,
60Paeta pahantekiän."Flee as an evildoer."
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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