Kottoo mä kyllää läksi

SKVR XIII3 8438·Sakkola·1848·Collector: Reinholm, H. A.

In the SKVR edition: Sakkola. Reinholm N I 44. 48.

SKVR textEnglish

1Kottoo mä kyllää läksiFrom home I left satiated,

2Luonta eukoi errii.At the old women's wilderness.

3Tungin tulta sukkahai,I thrust fire into the sock,

4Kekälettä kenkihei,Embers into the shoes,

5Jott' ei pistä noijan nuoletSo the sorcerer's arrows won't pierce,

6Eikä tietäjän teräkset.Nor the seer's blades.

7Jo olen opissa ollut,I have been in training,

8Seisnt on seppiin pajassa,Stood in the smiths' forge,

9Takojien tanterella;In the hammerers' yard;

10Kulin oon sysiä syönyt,I have consumed charcoal,

11Leiviskän teräksen niellyt,Swallowed a leiviskä of steel,

12Jott' ei pistä noijan nuolet,So the sorcerer's arrows won't pierce,

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14Mie syön noijan nuolinensa,I devour the sorcerer's arrows,

15Tietäjän teräksineen.The seer's blades with them.

16Mie oon noijan nuorin poika,I am the sorcerer's youngest son,

17Mie oon tietäjän tekemä;I am the seer's creation;

18Ken miulla mittä tekkööpi,Whoever harms me,

19Miull on hiekkanen hipiä,My skin is sandy,

20Rauvankarvanen kamara,My body iron-threaded,

21Pistän piikit tanterehen,I'll drive needles into the earth,

22Terärauat jänterehen.Blade-irons into the roots.

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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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