Tuonnepa ma sinun manoon
In the SKVR edition: Kaavi. Krohn n. 12714. -85. Petäiskylä. Heikki Kettunen, 25 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tuonnepa ma sinun manoonThere I shall send you to the underworld,
2Pohjan pitkälle perälle,To the far reaches of the North,
3Lapinmaahan laukeelle,To the open plains of Lapland,
4Kuun kuulumattomiin,To where the moon holds no sway,
5Perin tietämättömiin,To the utterly unknowable depths,
6Jossa on muutki murhamiehet,Where other killers also dwell,
7Ikuiset pahantekijät,Eternal evildoers,
8Paikoille papittomille,To priestless places,
9Maille ristimättömille.To unbaptized lands.
10Tuonne ma sinun manoonThere I shall send you
11Hauvin hirmusen kitaan,Into the pike's terrible maw,
12Lohen purstoon punasen,Into the red jaws of the salmon,
13Jossa on muutki murhamiehet,Where other killers also dwell,
14Ikuiset pahantekijät.Eternal evildoers.
(Se sano hampaattoman loihusta ei tule, jos ei oo partaa, piru pelkee sitte, kunparranpitää.)
Lakeisalle loihti ja kirves oli jalkoin alla.
Hammassuoloja loihti.
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-037124 · Read at SKS ↗
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