Napakatti Nallervoinen
In the SKVR edition: Kiihtelysvaara. Lönnrot Q, n. 142. -38.
SKVR textEnglish
Kipusanat.
1Napakatti Nallervoinen,Sturdy Nallervoinen,
2Vihuritar, viljan eukko,Storm-maiden, grain's crone,
3Kahuritar, karjan paimen,Kahuritar, cattle's guardian,
4Hui kurja isäjältä,Oh wretched from father,
5Emäjältä Hongatarki.From mother Hongatarki.
6Hongatar, tytär Tapion,Pine-woman, Tapio's daughter,
7Perä paksu, paaterjalkaThick-rumped, stumpy-legged,
8Perin tuulehen makasi,She lay in the primal wind,
9Kalten kaarna pohjasehen.On bent birch-bark northward.
10Synnytteli poikiansa,She bore her sons,
11Synnytteli, ärrytteli,Bore them, writhed in pain,
12Kiven alla kitkutteli,Under a stone she gnashed,
13Juurill' on nyryn närein,At roots with gnarled grip,
14Alla kaunisten katajan.Beneath fair junipers.
15Suon navoilla, maan navoilla,At the veins' navels, earth's navels,
16Kirjokangasten perillä,Beyond embroidered heavens,
17Luotu louhi kam̄arissa.Forged in Louhi's chamber.
18Synnytt eli, ärrytteli,She lived through birth, struggled,
19Kiven alla kitkutteli;Under stone she ground her teeth;
20Eip' on synny syntyminen,No proper birth was this,
21Sikiä paha sukunen.Spawned an evil kin.
22Synty poikoa 9The birth of sons
23Yhen saunan saapuvilla,At a sauna's completion,
24Yhen löylyn lyötävillä;When steam was struck;
25Synnytteli poikiansa,She bore her sons,
26Synnytteli, ärrytteli,Bore them, writhed in pain,
27Kiven alla kitkutteli.Under stone she gnashed.
28Ei minussa miestä lieneThere's no man in me,
29Eikä pojassa Jumalaa,No God in my son,
30Eikä tuossa veljessäni,Nor in that brother of mine,
31Joka pilviä pitää,Who holds the clouds,
32Hattaroita hallitsee.Governs the drifting mists.
33Voiak alta, voiak päältä,May it pain below, pain above,
34Kerta keskeä sipase,Split through the center,
35Keskeä kivuttomaksi,Make the core painless,
36Alta aarterettomaksi,Below, treasureless,
37Päältä nuurumattomaksi,Above, unscorched,
38Jottei tuska päälle tunnu,So pain isn't felt,
39Pakko syämehen panete!Don't force anguish into the heart!
40Ellys on märille menkö,May it not go to wetlands,
41Ellys visvoille viruoNor seep into bogs,
42Minun silmin nähtyäni,After my eyes have seen it,
43Käsin päällä käytyäni,My hands having touched it,
44Hengin huokaeltuani,My breath having sighed it,
45Sulin suin puheltuani,With molten words spoken,
46Hengin huokaeltuani.My breath having sighed it.
47En puhu omalla suulla,I speak not with my own mouth,
48Puhun suulla puhtahalla,But with a purified mouth,
49Herran hengellä hyvälläBy the Lord's good spirit,
50Käsin päällä käytyäni,My hands having touched it,
51Sulin suun puheltuani.My molten mouth having spoken.
52En puhu omalla suulla,I speak not with my own mouth,
53Puhun suulla puhtahalla,But with a purified mouth,
54Herran hengellä hyvällä,By the Lord's good spirit,
55Lämpösellä läyhöttelenWith warmth I waft
56Läpi suun sulan Jumalan,Through the mouth of molten God,
57Läpi lämminten lihoinThrough warm flesh,
58Ehom̄aksi ennistään,To beauty beyond before,
59Parem̄aksi muinostaan.Better than ancient days.
60Kivut käännä kertohen,Turn pains backward,
61Vaivat vastoin rintojani.Afflictions against my breast.
(Alku- ja loppusanat).
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
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Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-037549 · Read at SKS ↗
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