Sisälisko, Hiien silmä

SKVR VII3 loitsut 1273·Nurmes·1832·Collector: Lönnrot, Elias

In the SKVR edition: Nurmes. Lönnrot A II 3, n. 11 b. -32.

SKVR textEnglish

1Sisälisko, Hiien silmä,Sisälisko, Eye of Hiisi,

2Kasaritar, kaunis neity,Smith-daughter, fair maiden,

3Kanto kohtua kovvoo,The stump hardens the hollow,

4Vatan täyttä vaikiata,A tub full of stillness,

5Kaikkiaan kaheksan vuotta,For eight full years,

6Kolmetkymmentä kessee.Thirty summers entire.

7Sisälisko sinun nimesi,Sisälisko is your name,

8Lahokanto kartanosi,Rotten stump your manor,

9Koivunpökkelö kotisi.Birch-block your homestead.

10Vinkas Vankkaan makasiThe shrew lay in Vankkaa,

11Pihalla pinoa vasten,In the yard against a woodpile,

12Vasten koivusta kokkoa,Against a birch's stump,

13Kohen puita koivuisia,Raise up the birch trees,

14Risukossa aian alla.In brush beneath the fence.

15Kuin sa liet hampaan hakaanna,If you've bitten with a tooth's grip,

16Eli kielin keipotellut,Or flicked with tongues,

17Elikkä purston puikkahellut,Or jabbed with gums,

18Juo'os viinana vihasi,Drink your rage as wine,

19Oluna omat pahasi,Your evils as ale,

20Mennä mieli karvahasi,May your mind flee to your hair,

21Alle kylmän kylkiluusi,Beneath your cold rib,

22Alle laihan päälakeesi.Beneath your lean skull.

23Ite turvu tuskiisi,Swell into your anguish,

24Paisu pakkopäiviisi,Bloat into your bondage,

25Ennen kuin sanon emolle,Before I tell the mother,

26Virkan valta vanhemmalle,Declare to the elder's power,

27Enemmän emolla työtä,More toil for the mother,

28Vaiva suuri vanhemmalla.Great strife for the parent.

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.

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