Ken katehin katsonee
In the SKVR edition: Kitee. Havukainen n. 12. -96. Juho Turunen.
SKVR textEnglish
Kateutta vastaan.
Suoloihin, joita annetaan varjeltavan suuhun, loitsitaan näin:
1Ken katehin katsonee,Whoever looks with envy,
2Silmin kieroin keksinee,With deceitful eyes devises,
3Kuiva kuusi kasvakohon,May a dry spruce grow,
4Kuiva kuusi, rautaoksa,A dry spruce, iron-branched,
5Kateen ko'an etehen,Before envy's abode,
6Johon silmänsä sitoopi,To which their eyes bind,
7Näkimensä näppeävi.Their vision they pluck away.
8Silmät verta vuotakohot,May eyes bleed blood,
9Rasvana rapattakohotDrip grease-like,
10Tuonne Helvetin tulehen,Into Hell's fiery blaze,
11Pahan vallan valkeahan!To evil's blazing brightness!
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.
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-035454 · Read at SKS ↗
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