Hyvä Kalma, kaunis Kalma
In the SKVR edition: Kitee. Lönnrot S, n. 184. -28.
SKVR textEnglish
Kalman luku .
1Hyvä Kalma, kaunis Kalma,Good Kalma, fair Kalma,
2valkian verevä Kalma,Pale-blooded Kalma,
3kyllä mie tiiän Kalman syn̄yn:Truly I know Kalma's birth:
4kalma on tuolt aljettu,Kalma was begun from there,
5Evan Aatamin alusta.From Eve and Adam's beginning.
6Vai sinä lienet tekoo toisen,Or are you another's making,
7toisen nosto, toisen nuoli,Another's arrow, another's cast,
8niin tottas koittelet kotiis,Then test your way home,
9tekiäisi tienoillen,To the paths you were made for,
10panialles parmailleTo the fields and storehouses,
11punasissa vaattehissa,In crimson garments,
12hurmehissa huiluvissa.In glistening gore.
13Totta tuon̄e päästyäsiWhen you arrive there truly,
14tuikah kuin tuli punanen,Flash like a scarlet fire,
15tuika kuin lipi koiraGlint like a rabid hound,
16kotiin päästyäsi,Once you reach home,
17mene kynsiin kyn̄yksessä,Claw through the doorway,
18polvin porstuan ovissa.Kneel at the porch doors.
19Kuin et siitä sisään päässe,If you cannot enter thus,
20revi reijät ikkunaksi,Tear holes for windows,
21revi reikää yheksän!Rip nine gaps open!
22Ota sitte kiini kinterestä,Then grab by the forelock,
23takim̄aisesta jaloista,From the hindmost legs,
24ja pankoo pää perisemään,And make the head obey,
25henki huokumattomaksi,Breathless let the spirit be,
26paah taka raivo tantereen!Drive fury back to the earth!
27Tapa lapsi lattiista,Kill the child on the floor,
28paras lehmä läävästä,The finest cow in the barn,
29sarvet sontaan sovita,Set horns in dung,
30häntä pitkin lattiita!Tail dragged through filth!
31Kuku kullaissa käkenä,Fall like a golden cuckoo,
32hopiaissa kyyhkyläissä!As silver doves descend!
33Vain, hyvä Kalma, kaunis Kalma,But, good Kalma, fair Kalma,
34jos sie lienet tuolta tullutIf you have come from there,
35kirkon kirjavan tyköä,The adorned church's reach,
36sata lauvan lappehista,From a hundred boat-planks,
37niin tuonne mie sinua laitan etc,Then I shall send you back,
38tuhat lauvan tutkameen,To a thousand ship-holds,
39terva porstuan poveen.To tar-filled porch depths.
40Ja tuon̄e mie sinua käsken:And there I bid you go:
41pyhän pellon penkereen,To the holy field's ridge,
42siel' on korkia kotiisi,There stands your high home,
43siell' on kaunis kam̄arisi,There your fair chamber lies,
44siellä kuulu kuparit,There copper clangs aloud,
45vasken äänet vankahu,Bronze echoes steadfastly,
46siell' on hyvä ollaksesi,There it is good to dwell,
47arroas aikoillesi.Await your destined hour.
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-037445 · Read at SKS ↗
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