Vesi praavednoi syöttäi

SKVR VII4 loitsut 1756·Suojärvi·1884·Collector: Krohn, Kaarle

In the SKVR edition: Suojärvi. Krohn n. 5722. -84. Kotajärvi.

Song types: Kylvetyssanoja, Pahasilmä

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Kylvetys.

Kuin tarttuu, silmävyy, sitte menet vettä ottamaan, silmät ristit:

1Vesi praavednoi syöttäi,Water, nourisher of justice,

2En ota syyä ni juua,I take neither blame nor drink it,

3Minä otan tarpeheksi.I take it for necessity.

4Oikeelle hengelle bladentšalle vettä, - (Sitte nimi) - ta pellastusta otan.For the rightful spirit, the blessed one, water, and purification I take.

(Sitte tulet kylyyn):

5Soloveskoi baaboseni,Nightingale grandmother,

6Tule tänne pellastamaan, kylvettämään,Come here to purify, to bathe,

7Oikie henkie bladentšoa,Rightful blessed spirit,

8Pahois ajatuksis, pahois tuumis.In evil thoughts, evil intentions.

9Deadölöin, baaboloin,Of the dead, of the grandmothers,

10Vennon vierahien,Of the brother's strangers,

11Sulien sussiedain,Of kin wolf-like,

12Hellein heimokuntien,Of dear clans,

13Kai kylvetän,All I bathe,

14Oikies henges bladentšas eäreh.In rightful blessed spirits entirely.

(Sitte valajessa):

15Tule soloveskoi baaboseni,Come, nightingale grandmother,

16Tule päästämään ta pellastamaan,Come to release and purify,

17Tuo vetta tullessasi,Bring water as you come,

18Jorosalmin joen suus,From Jorosalmi river's mouth,

19Pyhän Petrin pyörtimes,Saint Peter's whirlpool,

20Tuo vettä tullessasi,Bring water as you come,

21Valaaksesi oikieta henkie bladentšoa,To pour over the rightful blessed spirit,

22Pestä puhastoaWash clean,

23Kaiken jyttymis pahois.All that has sprouted in evil.

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-037205 · Read at SKS ↗

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