Siikanen, sileä poika

SKVR VII3 loitsut 578·Nurmes·1891·Collector: Nurmio, M.

In the SKVR edition: Nurmes. Nurmio n. 1212 a). -91. I. Sormunen, 80 v.

SKVR textEnglish

Siikasen loitsu.

Rukiille:

1Siikanen, sileä poika,Whitefish-boy, smooth lad,

2Kummun kultanen akana,Golden chaff of the hillock,

3Käänny pois palatenTurn away, blazing back,

4Simasen lihan sisästä,From the blue flesh within,

5Maksan karvasen malosta.The liver’s bitter from the malo-berry,

6Synkkä salo eessäsi,A dark forest lies ahead,

7Takanasi lieto meri.Behind you, the murky sea.

8Lyötä lietoon mereen,Be cast into the murky sea,

9Eksy synkkään saloon,Stray into the gloomy woods,

10Sieltä sinun tuuli tuuittaa,From there, the wind buffets you,

11Ve'en henki heiluttaa,The water’s spirit sways you,

12Aalto rannalle ajaa,Waves drive you to the shore,

13Siinä päivä paistaa kellittää!There the sun glares and glints!

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.
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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