Sapsu poigu pellervoine

SKVR VII3 loitsut 251·Suistamo·1900·Collector: Härkönen, Iivo

In the SKVR edition: Suistamo. Härkönen I, n. 89. -00. Loimola. Ikäloppu "Boljon akka". Oppinut isoäidiltään. [Puun synty - Käärmeen syntyä - Pistoksen syntyä.]

Song types: Pistoksen synty, Pistos, Sämpsä Pellervoinen

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1Sapsu poigu pellervoineSapsu boy, Pellervo's kin

2Otti kuusia jyviä,Took seeds from spruces,

3Seitshemiä siemeniä,Sevenfold seeds,

4Pani niädän nahkaseh,Placed them in a leather sack,

5Koibeh on kesäoravan,The leg of a summer squirrel,

6Lähti maida kylvämäh,He set off to sow,

7Manduja tähyttämäh.To scatter root crops.

8Mist' on piä pahal pandu?Where is the head placed on evil?

9Piä pahan miehen paglan päis.The head of an evil man on a fool's cap.

10Mist' on silmät siunajeldu?Where are the eyes blessed?

11Silmät semtshukan jyvisEyes from a frog's pupils

12Eli taivahan tähis.Or the sky's stars.

13Lehtot kylvi, lepät nousi,He sowed alders, aspens sprouted,

14Kontot kylvi, koivut nousi,Sowed stumps, birches rose,

15Suot kylvi, kanarvot nousi,Sowed swamps, heather grew,

16Muat kylvi, mannut nousi,Sowed fields, turnips emerged,

17Vain ei tullut tuoda puuda,Yet no trees arrived,

18Mist' on tullut voidijoida.From where came the people?

19Nousoo tuoho tarhuntammi,There rose a garden oak,

20Olevahko oksilleh,Sturdy with branches,

21Lehilleh on kuun kavotti.Moon carved on its leaves.

22Nousoo musta mies merestä,A black man rose from the sea,

23Uro uallosta ylenöö,A hero from the abyss ascended,

24Vähäst' on kuollutta parembi,Slightly better than the dead,

25Kadonutta kaunehembi;More beautiful than the lost;

26Latvan langetti suvehe,Its crown bent southward,

27Tyven työndi pohjoseh.Its roots thrust northward.

28Piru piiliä tegöö.The devil made a den,

29Mis piru piiliä tegöö,Where did the devil hide,

30Nahkopäidy keijähii?Leather-headed demons?

31Sinises on suaren piäs.At the blue island's edge.

32On karul kolme poigua:The bear has three sons:

33Yks' on rujo, toine ramba,One ugly, the second lame,

34Kolmas on verisogija.The third a bloodsucker.

35Osutti perisogijaThe devourer aimed

36Kohti ilmah' on kovah:Fiercely toward the sky:

37Taisi taivone haleta,The heavens cracked,

38Taivon kuaret katkiella.Sky's arches shattered.

39Mis - - -[What...]

40Enbä tiijä karvojas.I don't know the hairy ones.

41Villane sinä itshe.You yourself are wild.

42Sula voi sulattavana,Melted butter to melt,

43Sulembi sinun vihoi.Your wrath melts easier.

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.

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-035635 · Read at SKS ↗

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