Ukko pilvien pitäjä

SKVR VII3 loitsut 638·Suistamo·1845·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Suistamo. Eur. I, n. 38. -45. Muuanto. Kontuvaara.

SKVR textEnglish

1Ukko pilvien pitäjä,Ukko, keeper of the clouds,

2Hatakkojen hallitsij a.Ruler of the fragile ones,

3Hoi, ukko, ylinen luoja,Hoi, Ukko, supreme creator,

4Mies on tarkka taivahainen,The man is a vigilant celestial one,

5Iskes tulta, ilman ukko,Strike fire, sky father,

6Välähytä, Väinämöinen,Flash, Väinämöinen,

7Alahaksi maaemähänDown to mother earth

8Hätähi sen huutaissa,In the distress of their shouting,

9Pakkoisen parkuessa.In the weeping of the frost,

10Jos aika tosin tulevi,If the time truly comes,

11Päivät liitoin lankiavi.The days of gliding pass away.

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.

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