Ruskia rupinen herra

SKVR VII4 loitsut 1869·Impilahti·1847·Collector: Polén, R.

In the SKVR edition: Impilahti? Polén n. 49. -47. [Ajos - synnytyskivuissa.]

Song types: Paise, Ruven synty, Synnytys

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Rupee painillessa.

1Ruskia rupinen herra,Dark, scabby lord,

2Paha paisetten isäntä,Evil master of swellings,

3Äkämien ällittäjä,Tormentor of demons,

4Joka loi rupisen poijanWho forged the scabby boy

5Rupisesta lähtehestä.From a scabby spring.

6Puuhun puhkat, maahan mahkat,Blisters on trees, roots in earth,

7Peltoen perä kivihin,The field’s end to stones,

8Kiven juuret kiintymähän,Stone’s roots to anchor,

9Paasin juuret paisumaahanSlab’s roots to swelling ground,

10Koivun juuret kovettumahan,Birch roots to harden,

11Lepän juuret lensomahan,Alder roots to spread,

12Pihlajan pinsumahan!Rowan roots to twine!

13Kaiva, karhu, kynsilläsiDig, bear, with your claws,

14Muhkuroita näitä, mahkuroitaThese tubers, these lumps,

15Kusiaisin kusipesihin,To urine nests with piss,

16Mauriaisen mahkuroita!Mauri’s swollen lumps!

17Mie painan painettavoa,I press the pressable,

18Alennan alennettavoaI lower the lowerable,

19Sormella nimettömällä,With a nameless finger,

20Nimen tietämättömällä.Without knowing the name.

21Kuulin kurjan kuikuttavan,I heard the wretch wail,

22Hätäisen häikättävänThe panicked one tremble,

23Honkasessa huonehessa.In the pinewood chamber.

24Mitä vaimonen potovi?What ails the woman?

25Vaitan lehtiä purovi,She streams Vaita’s leaves,

26Leheksiä leikkelevi.Cuts leafy fragments.

27Neitsyt Maaria emonen!Virgin Mary, mother!

28Tuo nyt kulta kirves,Bring the golden axe now,

29Hopehinen tapparaissi,The silvered hatchet,

30Ratko lihanen aitta,Split the fleshly chamber,

31Laske lapsi lattialle,Let the child to the floor,

32Pientä sormea pihalle,The tiny finger outward,

33Oli piika eli poika;Be it maid or boy;

34Päästä piika pintehistä,Free the maid from binds,

35Vaimo vatsan vääntehestä,Wife from belly’s twisting,

36Poika koprista kovista!Boy from hard cramps!

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.

Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-037318 · Read at SKS ↗

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