Hoi, se vanhin olet puhujis
In the SKVR edition: Suistamo. Härkönen n. 79. -00. Uuksujärvi. Ondrei Semaanoh Bruatshkonen, 55 v.; oppinut Tulemajärven Pallahten mieheltä.
SKVR textEnglish
(Puhutaan suoliin.)
1Hoi, se vanhin olet puhujis.Hark, you are the eldest of speakers.
2Puhun suulla puhtahalla,I speak with a purified mouth,
3Hengellä omalla hyvällä.With my own good spirit.
4Musta mies merestä nousi,A dark man rose from the sea,
5Uroja uallosta yleniHeroes ascended from the surge,
6Lyngän lepän lappioitshi,From the bent alder's foliage,
7Koveron koivun on perätshi,From the hollow birch's roots,
8Vihandosta mättähästä,From the verdant mound,
9Tuskan on tulehman pohjista.From the depths of pain's fire.
10Pakot on patshahan päis,Forces are upon the pot's rim,
11Kiugujat kiven peristä.Seething from the stone's core.
12Hoi se Maaria neitshukkane,Hail, Virgin Mary,
13Tulebo tänne, tarvitahe,Come here, you are needed,
14Meren yheksän ylitshi,Over nine seas,
15Merda puolen kymmenettä,Half of the tenth sea,
16Näil pahoil parandehiksi,To heal these evils,
17Näil kibijöil voidijaksi!To conquer these agonies!
("Luvetah kolme kerdua ja kelbuau vaikka mih!")
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-037009 · Read at SKS ↗
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