Itse tyttö tyllykainen
In the SKVR edition: Sotkamo. Krohn 0124. -82. Kanala. Tiina Korhonen, 67 v. "Isä loitsija ollunna."
SKVR textEnglish
[Rikkeet.]
1Itse tyttö tyllykainen,The very girl, Tyllykainen!,
2Tasapäinen tallukainen,Even-headed little one,
3Syltä pitkä, kahta paksu,In stature long, twice as thick,
4Kolmatta perä leveä,The third part of the rear broad,
5V- oli viisi korttelia,Five segments in the V-,
6Karvat kaksi kyynärätä,Hairs two ells long,
7Selin tuulehen makasi,Lay on her back in the wind,
8P-in pahaan säähän,[P-] into the foul weather,
9Rinnoin päivän paistehesen.Chest to the sun’s radiance.
10Teki tuuli tiineheksi,The wind made her pregnant,
11Ahava kohulliseksi.The breeze made her swollen.
12Teki poikoa yheksän,She bore nine sons,
13Tyllölapsen kymmenennen.Tyllö’s child the tenth.
14Niille haki ristijätä,For them sought godparents,
15Niille haki kastajata:For them sought a baptizer:
16Eipä saanut ristijätä,Could not get godparents,
17Eikä saanut kastajata.Nor a baptizer found.
18Itse paneusi papiksi,She made herself priest,
19Itse laati lukkariksi.Herself ordained sexton.
20Yhen riieksi ritasi,One she tore as cloth,
21Yhen pani paiseeksi,One she made a boil,
22Yhen änkasi ähyksi.One she choked to gasps.
23Voi sinua isätön, äititön lapsi,Woe, fatherless, motherless child,
24Suuton, päätön, p-,Mouthless, headless, p-,
25Etpa suutas syyä saata,You cannot feed your mouth,
26P-ätäs p-nella.[P-] your [p-] with [p-].
27Hui, sinua riisi rukka,Fie, you wretched thing,
28Riisi rukka Riuvannainen,Wretched Riuvannainen,
29Riuvannaisen poianpoika,Riuvannainen’s grandson,
30Herjahelmainen eläin,Blasphemous beast,
31Näpähin kavertelija,Sneakiest of schemers,
32Ohimoin ottelija,Temple-basher,
33M-hin kukertelija,M- murmurer,
34Ronkkohin ropertelija.Clumsiest stumbler.
35Vaan tuonne minä sinun manoon:But there I banish you:
36Kirkon kiiltävän sisähän,Into the gleaming church’s core,
37Satalauan lappeesen.To the hundred-planked ship’s hold.
38Kolmet on poikoa pahalla,Three sons dwell in malice,
39Yksi on ruho, toinen rampa,One a corpse, the second lame,
40Kolmansi perisokea.The third stone-blind.
41Ruho nuolia tekevi,The corpse fashions arrows,
42Rampa jousta jännistävi,The lame draws the bow,
43Ampuja perisokea:
44Ampu nuolen ensimmaisenShoot the first arrow!
45Tuuliselle taivahalle:To the windy heavens:
46Taivas kahtia kalahti.The sky clove in two.
47Ampu toisen nuoliansaShot his second arrow
48Selvälle meren selälle:To the clear sea’s plain:
49Meri tupsahti tulehen.The sea burst into flame.
50Ampu kolmannen nuoliaanShot his third arrow
51Kalliohon teräksiseen;Into the steel cliff;
52Jostapa nuoli kimmoaa.From there the arrow springs.
53Sillä ammun luumatosen,With it I shoot the boneless,
54Luun purijan luuskahutan.Make the bone-gnawer quake.
55Ota lempo leukaluusi,May Lempo take your jawbone,
56Piru pitkät hampahasi,The devil your long teeth,
57Puremasta, nietämästä,From biting, from gnashing,
58Syömästä, kaluamasta,From eating, from gorging,
59Hiien kissa kiskomasta,From Hiisi’s cat’s rending,
60Lemmon rakki raatamasta!From Lovet’s hound’s mangling!
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies. Lines without English have no translation, or one that cannot be matched to the line with certainty.
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-068069 · Read at SKS ↗
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