Ruskea, on, rupien neitsy

SKVR VII4 loitsut 2626·Ilomantsi·1828·Collector: Lönnrot, Elias

In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Lönnrot Q, n. 347. -28.

SKVR textEnglish

Pistoksen sanat.

1Ruskea, on, rupien neitsy,Brown, she is, the scabrous maiden,

2paha paisetten emuuevil mother of swellings,

3teki poikia yheksänbore nine sons

4yhestä vatan väistä,from one belly's fragment,

5rupisesta p-eestä.from a festering part.

6"Juhannes, pyhä ritari,"Johannes, holy knight,

7tules lasta ristimään!"come baptize the child!"

8"En minä pahoja risti"I won't baptize the wicked,

9enkä kasta kauheita,nor christen the dreadful,

10min' oon Luojan ristinnynä,I am God's baptizer,

11kastannuna kaikkivallan."anointed by the Almighty."

12Ite tuo paha pakanaThat evil pagan herself

13ite risti poikiansa,baptized her sons,

14nimitteli lapsiansa:named her children:

15minkä pisti pistokseksi etc.,one she made a thorn, etc.,

16minkä laati luun valoksi etc.one she shaped as bone's affliction, etc.

17Piru piiliä takoopiThe devil hammers arrowheads

18pajassa ovettomassa etc.,in a doorless willow, etc.,

19minkä saati valmihiksi,When one was made ready,

20sen poika sulitteloopiher son fletched it

21peipun pienillä sulilla,with a chaffinch's small feathers,

22varpuisen vivustimilla,with a twig's shaft,

23hyvän linnun höyhenillä.with a good bird's plumes.

24Ampui tuonne nuoliaan etc.,He shot his arrows yonder, etc.,

25Maa alla pakahteloopi etc.The earth below ruptured, etc.

26Jos sinä, pistos, yksin pistät,If you, thorn, strike alone,

27minä pistän kaksin pistoin etc.,I strike with twin thorns, etc.,

28minä pistän yheksin pistoin.I strike with nine thorns.

29Jo minä sa'oilla voitan,With hundreds I conquer,

30tuhansilla tuikuttelen.with thousands I pierce.

31Kivikynsi kiskomaan,A stone claw to tear,

32rautakynsi raastamaan,an iron claw to rend,

33okaita ottamaan,to seize the thorns,

34ihosta imehno raukan etc.to suck the wretch from the flesh, etc.

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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