Nouse luontoin lovesta

SKVR VII4 loitsut 1660·Kitee·1847·Collector: Polén, R.

In the SKVR edition: Kitee. Polén n. 48 e. -47.

SKVR textEnglish

1Nouse luontoin lovesta,Rise, creatures from the den,

2Hauan alta haltianiFrom under the grave, my guardian,

3Näille töille tehtäville,For these tasks to be done,

4Varmoille vajottaville,For the certain to be settled,

5Aja hiien helvettiin,Drive the demon to hell,

6Vuorehen pahan porotaInto the mountain to exile the evil,

7Kypenittä, kintahitta,With embers, with claws,

8Ilman rauta rukkasitta!Without iron, without gloves!

9Ruvennenko, ryhtenenköShall I start, shall I dare

10Tätä hiitä hiuomahan,To make this demon sweat,

11Pahulaista painamahan?To crush the wicked one?

12Hampahat sären huuhmarissa,Teeth I’ll shatter in the mortar,

13Pään panen pahan patahan,Head I’ll toss in an evil pot,

14Kielen pieksän petkelellä,Tongue I’ll thrash with a cudgel,

15Ikenet kivellä survon;Gums I’ll crush with a stone;

16Onhan mulla musta koira,I have a black dog,

17Rakki rauan karvallinenA cur with iron-gray fur,

18Syömähän kylän kiroja,To devour the village’s curses,

19Kylän nojat noppakohon.The village’s struts to splinter.

20Etsi vielä ementäsi,Seek again your refuge,

21Siell' on voista vuotehesi,There’s a bed of butter for you,

22Maiosta makuuksesi,Cream for your bedding,

23Ei täällä sinun sioasi,No place here for you,

24Siaskanan tarpehelle,For the household spirit’s needs,

25Tarpehenkana himolla.As a need to crave eagerly.

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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