Mehiläinen, ilman lintu
In the SKVR edition: Kitee. Sirelius 59. -47.
SKVR textEnglish
[Mehiläinen voiteita- Kipusanoja.]
1Mehiläinen, ilman lintuBee, bird of the air
2Lenteli meren yheksän,Flew over the sea nine times,
3Yli puolen kymmenen,Over fifteen times,
4Toi tuo tuolta voiteet.Brought those ointments from there.
5Voide alta, voide päältä,Salve from below, salve from above,
6Keskiä kivuttomaks,Make the core painless,
7Päältä nuurumattomaks!The surface unscarred!
8Mist on kalvo poiskadonna,Where has the membrane peeled away?
9Siihen kalvo kasvattele,Grow the membrane there,
10Mist on liha likahtanna,Where has the flesh spoiled?
11Siihen liittele lihoo!Attach flesh there!
12Tie päältä terveks,Make the surface healthy,
13Alta kalvon kaunihiks!Underneath the membrane, make it fair!
14Kipu tytti, tuonen neiti,Pain maiden, Death’s maiden,
15Kipuja keräilööGathers pains,
16Kipuseen kattilaan,Into the pain-kettle,
17Kolmen sormen mäntävään;A three-finger span wide;
18Istuu kipu mäellePain sits on the hill,
19Kipu vakkanen käessä.A pain-basket in hand.
20Reikä keskellä kiviä,A hole among stones,
21Tuohon mä kipuja tungen,There I thrust the pains,
22Tuohon vaivoja vähennänThere I lessen the afflictions,
23Ihosta imento raukan,From the skin, the wretch’s discharge,
24Emon tuoman ruumiista.From the mother-given body.
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.
- 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-037256 · Read at SKS ↗
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