Nivelistä linnat liikkui

SKVR VII4 loitsut 1941·Ilomantsi·1846·Collector: Ahlqvist, A. E.

In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Ahlqvist B, n. 197. -46. [Nivelistä linnat liikkui - Parralla mato - Mies pieni udusta - Lyhyt tyttö, Tuonen neiti - Pahan vallan valkia.]

Song types: Hammastaudin synty, Hammastauti

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Hammasmaon sanat:

1Nivelistä linnat liikkui,From the joints, castles shifted,

2jäsenistä maa järisi,from the limbs, the earth quaked,

3torit linnan torkahteli,the castle's squares drowsed,

4vuoret vaskiset vapisicopper mountains shuddered,

5tämän noian noituessa,as this sorcerer cast spells,

6Lappalaisen laulaessa,as the Sámi sang,

7saamatta vihan satehen,without catching wrath's rain,

8vihan löylyn löytämättä,without finding wrath's steam,

9pakkasen palelematta.unburned by frost's bite.

10Haven tuulella tulevi,He comes on the pike's wind,

11hapenella parta kasvo,his beard grew with foam,

12parralla mato sikisi;worms teemed on his beard;

13tuopa leuoille levisithat spread to the jaws

14ja hajoisi hampahilleand scattered on the teeth,

15syömähän, kaluamahan,to eat, to gnaw,

16luutamahan, loutamahan.to bone, to crush.

17Oi ukko, tätini poika,Oh uncle, my aunt's son,

18lyöppä maata siimallasi,strike the earth with your cord,

19nauhallasi nauskahuta,snap it with your strap,

20jotta utu maasta nousi,so mist rose from the ground,

21miesi pieni u'un seastayour small man from the fire's midst,

22piili pikkunen olalla,a tiny one hid on the shoulder,

23vaski pilli piilin päässä,a copper pipe at the hideout's end,

24teräksestä jousi tehty,a bow forged from steel,

25piili vaskesta valettu;a hidden one cast from copper;

26tuolla ammun Tuonen toukan,there I shoot Death's larva,

27luskahutan luun purijanI trip the bone-devourer

28halusista hampahista,from its gaping teeth,

29polosista poskipäistä.from its hollow cheeks.

30Lyhyt tyttö, Tuonen neitiShort maid, Death's maiden,

31itkeä tihuttelevi:urges to weep:

32kunne tungen turmioni,Where do I thrust my ruin,

33minne painelen pahani,where hide my evil,

34Kunne riettani revitän?where tear my defilement?

35Tuonne tunge turmiosi,Thrust your ruin there,

36tuonne painele pahasi:press your evil there:

37rautaselle riehtilälle,to the iron coffin,

38pirun pihtien nenähän,into the devil's tongs' snout,

39Hiien hiilien sekahan,into Hiisi's blazing coals,

40pahan vallan valkiahan!into evil's white-hot core!

41Palanetko, pää, pahalta,Will you burn, head, from evil,

42kiehunetko, kieli kehnon,boil, wretched tongue,

43rautasella riehtilällä,on the iron coffin,

44pirun pihtien nenässä,in the devil's tongs' snout,

45Hiien hiilien seassa,amid Hiisi's coals,

46pahan vallan valkeassa?in evil's blazing light?

47Sule suusi, peitä pääsi,Shut your mouth, hide your head,

48kätke kielesi käpeähide your tongue swiftly,

49minun silmin nähtyäni,once my eyes have seen,

50hengin huokaeltuani,my spirit has sighed,

51käsin päällä käytyäni!my hands have passed over!

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-037390 · Read at SKS ↗

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