Otan syövän luusta

SKVR XII2 5548·Kittilä·1854·Collector: Murman, J. V.

In the SKVR edition: Kittilä. Murman 31. -54.

SKVR textEnglish

Hammasmadon sanat.

1Otan syövän luusta,I take the rot from the bone,

2Otan syövän puusta,I take the blight from the tree,

3Otan ihmisen ihosta.I take the ailment from the human's flesh.

4Mutta mihinkä sinun panen?But where shall I place you?

5Tuonneppa sinun panenThere, indeed, I will cast you,

6Muille maille pajuttomille,To other voiceless lands,

7Kirkon kiiltävän sivulle,Beside the gleaming church,

8Joss' on papit paita päällä,Where priests wear plain shirts,

9Miehet messu-vaattehissa.Men in Mass-robes stand.

10Siell' on sulle ruoka pantu,There your meal is laid,

11Siell' on luutonta lihoa,Boneless flesh prepared,

12Syyäksesi, purraksesi,For you to chew and eat,

13Kalutakses kaikin ajoin.To gnaw through endless days.

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.
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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