Hyöteleimme vyöteleimme

SKVR VII3 loitsut 17·Ilomantsi·1884·Collector: Tiitinen, Aukusti

In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Tiitinen n. 58. -84. Mikko Laakkonen; vanhanlainen mies.

SKVR textEnglish

Mahti miehen sanat.

Kun kaksi "tietäjää" tulee vastatusten, niin se on voimallisempi ja sen työ menestyy, joka suuremmat sanat tietää.

1Hyöteleimme vyöteleimme,We girded ourselves, we belted ourselves,

2Rautapaitoihin pu'eimme,We dressed in iron shirts,

3Vaan ilman vain varusteleimme,Yet we equipped ourselves with nothing,

4Noien noitien sekaan,Among those witches,

5Veri kinnerten keralle.Blood beneath the nails to the surface.

6Mies on lustuissa lujempi,A man is stronger in his sinews,

7Rautapai'oissa parempi,Better in iron armor,

8Teräs_vöissä tehosampi.More potent in steel girdles.

9Sitt' ei huoli hyviäkään.Then he cares not for good ones,

10Tottele jalojakaan.Nor obeys the noble.

11Sudet panen suihti - suihin,Wolves I bridle with bits in mouths,

12Karhut rautakahlehisin,Bears with iron chains,

13Itse olen suurena sutena,I myself am as a great wolf,

14Karhuna kahta kauheempana.As a bear, twice as dreadful.

15Kyllä mie mokoman noi'anTruly, I'll take such a witch-song,

16Kolme kulkkuuni hotasen,Cram three down my throat,

17Paan kahdeksan kainalooni.Tuck eight under my arm.

18Laulan mie mokoman noi'anI sing such a witch's spell,

19Suin syteen, päin saveen,Mouth to embers, face to mire,

20Kypeniin kyynärvarsin,Into armor up to elbows,

21Koprin kuumiin poroihin.Into the cauldron's seething parts.

22Huules pieksän huuhmaressa,I'll thrash your lips in the wash-water,

23Hampaasi kivellä jauhan,Grind your teeth on stone,

24Akan väellä, Jumalan väellä,With Aki's power, God's power,

25Väellä vanhan Väinämöisen.With the force of old Väinämöinen.

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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