Armotoin isätöin lapsi

SKVR VII4 loitsut 1930·Kaavi·1854·Collector: Roschier, J. V.

In the SKVR edition: Kaavi. Roschier n. 16. -54.

Song type: Hammastauti

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SKVR textEnglish

Hammas mato .

1Armotoin isätöin lapsi,

2Aivan armotoin emotoin.Completely pitiless, motherless.

3Hyöryläinen, pyöryläinen,Swirling one, whirling one,

4Liinan siemenen näköinenResembling a flax seed.

5Syömässä on, kaluamassa,It is eating, gnawing away,

6Puremassa, leätämässäBiting, crushing down,

7Halusia hampaita,Tender teeth,

8Leveitä leukaluita.Broad jawbones.

9Minä kiellän ja epeänI forbid and prohibit

10Syömästä, kaluamasta,From eating, from gnawing,

11Puremasta, leätämästäFrom biting, from crushing,

12Halusia hampaita,Tender teeth,

13Leveitä leukaluita.Broad jawbones.

14Hepo on kuollut helvetissä,The horse died in hell,

15Varsa vuoressa valahti,The foal perished in the mountain,

16Siell' on potka purraksesi,There's a hoof for your biting,

17Kalutaksesi kavia,For you to gnaw the hooves,

18Siell' on luuta louhen purra,There's a bone of louhi to bite,

19Näpistellä nälkäisen,To pinch the hungry one,

20Haukata halunalaisen.To snap at the needy.

21Vaan oletko pantu palkan eestä,But were you hired for pay,

22Rahan änskällä rakettuConstructed with old coins,

23Tekemähän tinkatöitä,To perform base tasks,

24Raskaita raatamaan,To undertake heavy toils,

25Miehet nousko merestä,Men rose from the sea,

26Umpilammista urohotHeroes from sealed ponds,

27Tekemähän tinkatöitäTo perform base tasks

28Sinun, poika, puolestasi,On your behalf, boy,

29Eestäsi, emosen tuoma.For your sake, brought by mother.

30Ukko ruski, maa järisi,Ukko reddened, earth trembled,

31Vennä vellyi luojan pilvet j.n.e.Brother folded creator's clouds etc.

English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies. Lines without English have no translation, or one that cannot be matched to the line with certainty.

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-037379 · Read at SKS ↗

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