Vesihiisi vettä souti
In the SKVR edition: Suistamo. Eur. G. n. 466. -46.
SKVR textEnglish
Maahisen sanat.
1Vesihiisi vettä soutiWater-Hiisi rowed the water
2Venehellä vaskisella,With a boat of copper,
3Kuutilla kuparisella.With a copper punt.
4Pilvi pikkunen tulevi,A small cloud approaches,
5Kaari kaukainen näkyvi.A distant arch appears.
6Näin mie illalla imettä,I saw at dusk the mistress,
7Pimiällä mustan pilven,In the black cloud's gloom,
8Pilvessä vesipisara,In the cloud, a water droplet,
9Pisarassa pieni lampi,In the droplet, a tiny pond,
10Lammissa veno punainen,In the pond, a red boat,
11Venehessä miestä 3.In the boat, a man
12Maata pyöryy mannun eukko,The earth-crone rolls groundward,
13Istuvi röhötteleviSquat-sitting lewdly
14Tien 3:n jakaimessa,At the road's parting,
15Matkan 3 hiertimessä,Where paths are worn,
16Kosken 3 pyörtehessä.In the rapid's whirl.
17Matalat on maalla jalat,Low are ground-dwellers' feet,
18Matalammat maahisella.Lower the earth-spirit's.
19Etananako tulit vain matonaAs a snail did you come, mere worm,
20Tulen jytyyn polttamah.To burn in fire's fury?
21Palon jytyyn paahtamah,To roast in conflagration,
22Kuun jytyyn kumottamah?To drown in moonlight's glare?
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-037876 · Read at SKS ↗
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