Kuariain on vaimo kaunis
In the SKVR edition: Suistamo. Kemppainen n. 94. -26/11 11. Suurisarka. Iivana Onoila.
SKVR textEnglish
1Kuariain on vaimo kaunis,Kuariain's wife is fair,
2tule tänne, tarvitaan,Come here, you are needed,
3vie välembi vuotetah!Lead it further down!
4Mene, minne käsketäh:Go where you are bid:
5merta yli on yheksän,Over nine seas,
6merta puolen kymmenettä,Half of a tenth sea,
7lennä yöt lebäilemätä,Fly nights unresting,
8päivät ilmain istumata,Days without sitting,
9heinän pääss henkäele,Breathe on grass-tips,
10ruohon pääss ruokaele;Feed on reed-tops;
11Siellä on meiän voitioitaThere lie our winnings
12pikkusess kattilass,In a tiny cauldron,
13sormen piän sovittavass,Fitted to a fingertip,
14peikalon mahuttomass.In a goblin's boundless hold.
15Kasta siipes simahe,Dip wings in mead,
16sulkas voities sulaa,Let feathers melt in butter,
17voia all, voia piäll,Butter below, butter above,
18keskell on kivuttomaksi,At center, painless,
19alla aiven terveheksi,Beneath, wholesome to mind,
20piällä tuntumattomaksi!Above, imperceptible!
21Missä on liha liikkunu,Where flesh has shifted,
22siihen liha liittäikään;There bind the flesh;
23missä on liha lähtennä,Where flesh has left,
24siihen liha kasvakaa!There let flesh regrow!
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.
- The editors’ notes, and the marks in the verses that point to them, are left out; they can be read at SKS.
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-037230 · Read at SKS ↗
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