Ähkä puhka ähkyriäinen

SKVR X2 3846·Karvia·1852·Collector: Paldani, P. A.

In the SKVR edition: Karvia. Paldani n. 76 a. -52.

SKVR textEnglish

Ähky sanat.

1Ähkä puhka ähkyriäinen,Groaner, burst forth, little moan-thing,

2Toinen poika tohmuriainen,Another boy, the grimy one,

3Kylläpä konna sukus tielän:Truly, a toad is in your lineage's path:

4Selkäs on tehty seipähästä,Your back is made from a pole,

5Vattas vaivasen säkistä,Your belly from a wretched sack,

6Muu ruumis lahoista puista.The rest of your body from rotten wood.

7Mitäs tulit viattomaan,Why did you come to the innocent one,

8Mikses menny menojas,Why didn't you go your way,

9Maho ämmän makkaroihin,To the old hag's sausage-belly,

10Sivutteʿ sinisen sillan,Alongside the blue bridge,

11Päitteʿ punasen portin,Toward the red gate,

12Aina pohjan tähtiä kohlen.Always meeting the North's stars.

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 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.

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