Akka vanha tieltä käänty

SKVR VII4 loitsut 2842·Suistamo·1846·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Suistamo. Eur. G, n. 395. -46. [Kipujen synty.]

Song types: Riiden synty, Riisi

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Riien sanat.

1Akka vanha tieltä käänty,The old hag turned from the path,

2Tulisukka, rautakenkä,Fiery-legged, iron-shod,

3Kierosilmä, röhnö parta;Crooked-eyed, shaggy-bearded;

4Tuo puipi tulista riihtä,She bore a fiery flail,

5Säkähistä säihyttävi.Sparking from the horse's crest.

6Akka vanha PohjolassaThe old hag in Pohjola,

7Syrin tuuleh makasi,Lay in the Syrjän wind,

8P-ehin pahaan säähän,In wretched evil weather,

9Poikkipuolin Pohjolahan;Crosswise in the North;

10Teki tuuli tiinehexi,The wind made her pregnant,

11Ahava avullisexi.The Ahava wind as midwife.

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13Lihavaxi liittelihen.She swelled into fullness,

14Sai viimen vihaiset poj'at.At last bore wrathful sons,

15Loviatar vaimo vanha,Loviatar, the ancient woman,

16Pohjan akka, Hiitten eukkoPohjola's hag, Hiisi's crone,

17Sai poikoa 9Gave birth to sons

18Yhtenä kesäissä yönäOn one summer night,

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20Kaikki koiran tapasia.All dog-like in form.

21Etsittihin ristijätä,They sought a baptizer,

22Pahan kansan kastajata.For the evil clan's christener.

23Eipä saatu ristijätä,None was found to baptize,

24Pahan kansan kastajataThe evil clan's baptizer.

25Itse panise papixi,She made herself priest,

26Luottehisen lukkarixi;A scribe of her own crafting;

27Itse risti poikiansa,Herself baptized her sons,

28Laitteli tekemiänsäArranged her creations

29Kuin on kuun tekemättänsä,Like the moon's unfinished works,

30Vaimon vatsansa väkehen:In her womb's dark forge:

31Kunk on luopi luuvaloxi,One she shaped for bone-rot,

32Kunk on paino paisehexi,One pressed into abscess,

33Kunk on hammasten kivuxi,One for toothache's sting,

34Amputauixi asetti,Set as limb-severer,

35Kunk on raanixi rakenti,One built for scabies,

36Kunk on rii'exi repäsi.One ripped into convulsions.

379:ns oli nimetön veljes,He had a nameless brother,

38Ei sille nimeä saatu.No name was given him.

39Itse saamansa salasi,She hid her offspring,

40Itse tuomansa tuhosiDestroyed her own brood,

41Rutjan koskeh kovah,To Rutja's harsh rapids,

42Pohjan lietoh mereh.To Pohjola's muddy sea.

43Lähes, riisi, riuhtomasta,Begone, demon, from tugging,

44Poika konni, koskemastaWicked boy, from groping,

45Ihoa imehnis raukan,Sucking the wretch's skin,

46Karvoa kavon tekemän,Making hair fall in patches,

47Emon tuoman ruumista.The mother's delivered corpse.

48Ulos, riisi, rinnoistani,Out, demon, from my breasts,

49Kaatioistani, kavala,From my nipples, cunning one,

50Syömästä syänkäpyä,From eating the heart's kernel,

51Sivuja sitelemästä,Gnawing on ribs,

52Pernoja perkomasta,Devouring the back's flesh,

53Napoja navertamasta,Nibbling the navel,

54Ohimoita ottamasta,Seizing the temples,

55Isoton, emoton lapsi,Fatherless, motherless child,

56Suuton, päätön, p-hetön.Mouthless, headless, [censored].

57Kuin lie marja maasta tuonut,If you came as a berry from earth,

58Niin, marja, maahan mänköh,Then, berry, return to earth,

59Kuin lie vieno veestä tullut,If you came tender from water,

60Niin, vieno, veteh mänköh,Then, tender one, to water go,

61Peiko peltohon, sikiä,Goblin, to fields to spawn,

62Laskete lainehesen!Be thrown to the waves!

63Tuonne ma sinun manoan:There I banish you:

64Purstoh lohen punaisen,To the red salmon's maw,

65Hauin suuren hampahih,To the great pike's teeth,

66Veen koiran konkkaluille.Onto the water-hound's bones.

67Hauki siun syville viepi,The pike drags you deep,

68Lohi loitos kannattavi,The salmon bears you to hiding,

69Siellä tuuli tuuvittavi,There wind tosses you,

70Meren henki heiluttavi.The sea's spirit sways you.

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.

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-038291 · Read at SKS ↗

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