Etelätär Neiti nuori

SKVR XII2 7443·Pohjois-Pohjanmaa·1789·Collector: Ganander, Christfrid

In the SKVR edition: [Pohjanmaa.] Ganander Myth. fenn. s. 7. -1789.

SKVR textEnglish

ETELÄTÄR, Sjelfva Sunnan-vädret, anses per allegoriam, som en ljuflig och vän Mö, och kallas Etelätär neiti nuori. Hon anropades af Hofslagare eller hästgällare, at svalka luften ifrån Östan och Västan. Bön till henne lyder sålunda:

1Etelätär Neiti nuori,Southern Maiden, young virgin,

2Ijätäk ijästä pilvi,Let the cloud endure from ages,

3Nosta lonkka luotehesta,Lift the mass from the northwest,

4Syrjin yhtehen syseä,Push the edges together into one,

5Lomatuxen loukautak,Force open a gap's hollow,

6Sada mettä Taivoisesta,Rain honey from the Sky,

7Sima pilvistä pirota,Sprinkle mead from the clouds,

8Teoxillen tehtävillen,For deeds to be done,

9Panoxillen pantavillen - -For placements to be made.

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.

Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-070165 · Read at SKS ↗

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