Portto Pohjolan emäntä

SKVR VII5 loitsut 4153·Suistamo·1846·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Suistamo. Eur. G, n. 397. -46.

SKVR textEnglish

1Portto Pohjolan emäntäThe harlot, mistress of the North,

2Läksi sotkujansa sotkemah,Set out to stir her disorders,

3Paitojansa pursumah;To make her garments billow;

4Kanto kontilla kotih,Crawled on stumps homeward,

5Pitkäkielellä pihahWith a long tongue to the yard,

6Etanoita tehtäessä,When snails were being made,

7Toukkia su'ettaessa.And grubs were set loose,

8Luoessa maan matoja.While crafting earth's worms.

9Suikulainen, puikulainen,Slippery one, twisty one,

10Pihan rikka, pellon toppa,Yard's vermin, field's false guardian,

11Kaiken kartanon alainen,Subject to the whole estate,

12Kujan kultainen omena,Alley's golden apple,

13Naisten lukkojen lukia,Picker of women's locks,

14Avaimien arvelia, - -Guesser of keys,

15Ei silma isäsi käske,No eye commands your father,

16Ei isäsi eik emosiNeither father nor mother,

17Eikä valtavanhempasi,Nor mighty forebears,

18Päätä pystyssä piteä,To hold your head high,

19Kaulavartta kankiana;Neck stiff as a stake;

20Tule työsi tuntemahan!Come know your labor!

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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.

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