Kiputyttö, terhen neiti
In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Lönnrot Q, n. 348. -28.
SKVR textEnglish
Kipusanat.
1Kiputyttö, terhen neitiPain Maiden, delicate maiden,
2istuupi kipumäellä,sits upon Pain Hill,
3kipuvuoren kukkulallaon Pain Mountain's summit,
4kipuja kokoiloopigathering pains
5vakkaiseen pikkuiseen,into a tiny bushel,
6pienen sormen mentävään,into a small finger's reach,
7peukalon mahuttavaan;into what a thumb can hold;
8kivut puoha puohtimella,pains carded with a carder,
9vam̄at seulalla selitäinjuries sifted with a sieve,
10ehom̄aksi entistään,to improve them from before,
11paremmaksi muinostaan,better than of old,
12ettei tuskat päällä tunnu,so torments aren't felt atop,
13pakko seämelle panete!force onto the back you place!
14Kivutar, kipuin eukko,Kivutar, crone of pains,
15kivut kääri kertoisi,would roll pains and recount,
16vaivat vasten rintojaisi!ailments against her breasts!
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-037555 · Read at SKS ↗
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