Uupui Juutas juostessaan
In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Lönnrot Q, n. 349. -28.
SKVR textEnglish
Maon s[ynty].
1Uupui Juutas juostessaan,Judas grew weary as he ran,
2väsyi väikästellessään,he tired from his rushing,
3vaipui maata kalliolle;he sank to lie on a rocky outcrop;
4kuola tippui konnan suusta,drool dripped from the beast’s mouth,
5kina ilkiän kiasta,the malice of the vile one’s festering,
6vaahti vankasta nenästäfoam from its sturdy snout
7rautaiselle kalliolle,onto the iron-hard rock,
8vuorelle teräksiselle;onto the steely mountain;
9tuosta tuo maoksi muuttui,from there, it turned into a snake,
10sisiliskoksi sikisi.spawned into a lizard.
11Luulitkos puuta purrehesi etc.Did you think you bit into wood? etc.
12Empa tiiä karvojasi,I don’t know your hairs,
13minkä karva lienetkään etc.what kind of pelt you might be etc.
14Miss' on sykkä synnytetty,Where was the serpent born,
15kasvatettu maan kavala?raised as the earth’s trickster?
16Tiiän sykkä synnyntäsi etc.,I know the serpent’s birth etc.,
17Mist' on pää pahalle pantu?Where was the head placed on the evil one?
18Pää pantu pajun nenästä.The head was placed from a willow’s tip.
19Mist' on silmät siunattuna?Where were the eyes blessed?
20Silmät sinipukan jyvistä.Eyes from the grains of the blue plant.
21Mist' on hampaat haettu?Where were the teeth fetched?
22Oraista tuonen otran,From the spikes of Death’s barley,
23veriissä viereväisten.in the blood of those nearby.
24Mist' on kieli keitulaisen?Where is the tongue of the trickster?
25Pää neula tapion neijon,The tip of the needle of Tapio’s maiden,
26keihǟstä Kalevan pojan;from the spear of Kaleva’s son;
27puuen juuren pujottelia etc.threading through the tree’s root etc.
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-036619 · Read at SKS ↗
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