Kivi on Kimman mamman maito

SKVR VII3 loitsut 148·Kaavi·1885·Collector: Krohn, Kaarle

In the SKVR edition: Kaavi. Krohn n. 10712. -85. Antti Hartikainen, 60 v. Kuullut isältään. - Mp. Nilsiässä. [Kiven loihtu - Kipusanoja.]

SKVR textEnglish

Kiven loihtu.

1Kivi on Kimman mamman maito,The stone is Kimmo's mother's milk,

2Maan muna, pellon kakkara,The earth's egg, the field's clod,

3Syöjättären syön-käpynen,The devoureress's pine-cone morsel,

4Muru maksan Väinämöisen.A crumb of Väinämöinen's liver.

5Et sinä silloin suuri ollut,You were not great then,

6Et suuri, et pieni,Not great, not small,

7Et kovin kipusakaan,Nor very painful either,

8Kun hepo heitti helmostansa,When the horse cast it from its girth,

9Povestansa portto puottiThe harlot poured it from her bosom

10Niitylle nimettömälle,Onto the nameless meadow,

11Maalle mättäättömälle.The moundless land.

12Hullu kiistää kiveksi,The fool denies it as a stone,

13Viisas villakuontaloksi,The wise as a wool-fleece,

14Minä talkkuna myvyksi.I, as arbiter, declare it a bundle.

15Minne kivut pantaneen?Where shall the stones be placed?

16Pikkuseen vakkaseen,Into the tiny offering-bowl,

17Yhen sormen mäntävään,A one-finger's span,

18Peikalon mahuttomaan.Into the goblin's bellyless void.

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 edition’s line numbers are replaced by a number on every verse, counted as in the poem reader.

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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