Ukkoseni, ainoseni
In the SKVR edition: Suistamo. Polén n. 43. -47.
SKVR textEnglish
Lapsien suutelemisesta.
1Ukkoseni, ainoseni,My Ukko, my eternal one,
2En minä sinua vaai,I do not summon you
3En sotahan, en kalahanNot to war, nor to fishing,
4Enkä miesten tappeluhun;Nor to men's brawling;
5Vaan mie sinua vaainBut I summon you
6Sikehille, suutehille,To hidden things, to protections,
7Naisen naarvin sanoille,To a woman's cunning words,
8Kusi kintuien kiroille,To urine of hounds' curses,
9Hurme paitoin paholle,To gore of shirts' evil,
10Pakinoille partasuien,To gossip of bearded ones,
11Pakinoille parrattomain.To gossip of beardless ones.
12Lemmonko verinen hurme,Love's bloody gore – did it?
13Kävit ristittyjä rikkomahan,You went to break the baptized,
14Kastettuja kaatamahan!To fell the christened!
15Päästä, Luoja, päästä, luonto,Release, Creator, release, Nature,
16Päästä, päällinen Jumala,Release, supreme God,
17Sikehistä, suutehista,From hidden things, from protections,
18Naisen j.n.e.!From woman's [etc.]!
19Ukkoseni, ainoseni,My Ukko, my eternal one,
20Ole yölisnä tukena,Be my support at night,
21Päivällisnä haltiana,My guardian by day,
22Hyvin suova mieltä myöten,Grant good as wished,
23Pahan suova paihtimatta,Grant evil without amplifying,
24Vihan suova keksimättä!Grant wrath without devising!
25Ukko, taivahan Jumala,Ukko, God of heaven,
26Remu pilven reunimainenThunderer at cloud's edge,
27Ole nyt yölisnä tukena,Be now my night support,
28Päivällisnä haltiana!My daylight guardian!
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-038398 · Read at SKS ↗
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