Ähky poika äimeröinen
In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Lönnrot Ub n. 7. -38.
SKVR textEnglish
1Ähky poika äimeröinen,Stiff lad, gaping one,
2Toinen poika toimeroinen,The other lad, the capable one,
33:s koan noista,From these I select,
4Sysipuista synnytelty,Born from charred trees,
5Kerätty kekälehistä.Gathered from embers.
6Otan kokolta koprat,I take claws from the bear,
7Toiset koprat kontioltaOther claws from the bruin,
8Linnulta lihan pitimet,From the bird, meat-graspers,
9Jolla puskuja puserran,With which I squeeze pus,
10Ampu tautia ajelen.I drive off shot-disease.
11Jos et vaan sitä totelle,If you do not heed this,
12Tuonne sinut manoon:To Manala I send you:
13Selville meren selille,To the sea's bare expanses,
14Lake'ille lainehille.To the wide, rolling waves.
15Jos et etc.If you do not... (etc.)
16Tuonne sinut manoon:To Manala I send you:
17Honkiin homiseviin,To murmuring pines,
18Päätä lakka laineille,Your head's tip to the waves,
19Jossa puut tyvin putoovi,Where trees fall trunk-first,
20Hongat latvoin lankiavi.Pines collapse crown-first.
21Jos et vaan sitä totelle,If you do not heed this,
22Tuonne sinut manoonTo Manala I send you
23Rutjan koskeen kovaan;To Rutja's fierce rapids;
24Siellä muutki murhamiehet,There other killers dwell,
25Ikuiset pahan tekiät;Eternal evildoers;
26Siell on luutonta lihoa,There's boneless flesh,
27Suonetonta pohkiotaVeinless marrow-stuff,
28Syyä miehen nälkähisen,For hungry men to eat,
29Haukata halunalasen.For the starving to gulp.
30Vaan jos et sitä totelle,But if you do not heed,
31Tuonne sinut manoan:To Manala I send you:
32Lapin maahan laukiisen,To Lapland's vast land,
33Siellä muutki murhamiehet,There other killers dwell,
34Ikuiset pahan tekiät,Eternal evildoers,
35Siellä suet suihtipäässä,There wolves in collars,
36Siellä karhut kahleissa.There bears in chains.
37Jos et vaan sitä totelle,If you do not heed this,
38Tuonne sinut manoanTo Manala I send you
39Kirkon kirjavan tyvelle,To the church's bright threshold,
40100 lauan lappehesen,To the table's edge,
41Jossa papit pauhoavi,Where priests roar,
42Sotitappo tanterille.War-death to the fields.
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
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Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-038625 · Read at SKS ↗
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