Tulen isä, tulen emä

SKVR VII3 loitsut 654·Korpiselkä·1908·Collector: Mikkonen, Ida

In the SKVR edition: Korpiselkä. Mikkonen Ida, n. 256. -08. [Tulen synty - Löylyn sanoja - Manausta].

SKVR textEnglish

Tulen loitsu.

1Tulen isä, tulen emä,I come, father, I come, mother,

2tulen isä kultahattu,I come, golden-hatted father,

3tulen emä kultasäpš́ä,I come, golden-cloaked mother,

4tulen lapset kultarinnat;I come, children with golden chests;

5ota, tuli, tuskas,Take, fire, into your pain,

6ota, kivi, kipus,take, stone, into your ache,

7ota, savu, satus,take, smoke, into your spell,

8kessellä kivuttomaks,with hands [make] painless,

9piällä tuntumattomaks!on the surface, unnoticeable!

10Kylysein ja moamosein,By the sauna and the earth's edge,

11elikkä on sisaren,or if it is the sister's,

12ei oo löylyn löytämistä,there is no finding the steam,

13ei lämmäsen lähettämistä,no sending of the warmth,

14löyly kiukuvan kivih,the steam in the stove's stones,

15löyly saunan sammalih,the steam in the sauna's moss,

16löyly piilusta pihalla,the steam hidden in the yard,

17harppauksen renkahasta;from the leap's snare;

18ei oo löylyn löytämistä,there is no finding the steam,

19ei lämmän lähettämistä.no sending of the warmth.

20Otan hiiestä hevosenI take a horse from ash,

21ja vuoresta varsan,and a foal from the mountain,

22semp on annan ajoakses,that I give to drive you,

23kotihisi männäksesi,to go to your home,

24korvessa suureh kuuseh.into the great spruce in the wilds.

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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