Ol miul muinoin musta koira
In the SKVR edition: Jaakkima. Pelkonen, L. 6.a 08-9. Okuliina Kusmin.
SKVR textEnglish
Kipuloihen luku.
1Ol miul muinoin musta koira,I have an ancient black dog,
2Rakki rauvan karvalline,A hound with iron fur,
3Jonka linnassa lihotin,Whom I fattened in the fortress,
4Kaupunnissa kasvattelinIn the town I raised,
5Syömeä kylän kirroi,To eat the village's scraps,
6Kylän noitii noppomoa.To gather the village's witches.
7Mie oon noijan nuori tyttö,I am the witch's young girl,
8Vanhan eukon ensimäine,The old crone's firstborn,
9Mie syön noijat nuolinee,I devour witches with arrows,
10Tietäjät teräksinnee,Soothsayers with steel,
11Veiset velhorautonee.Enchantments with wizard's iron.
12Kivvii kivistämmeä,Stones we stone,
13Poasii pakottammoa,Obstacles we force,
14Muttei ihmisten ihhuu.But not the humans' skin.
15Ei kivi kippuu itke,The stone does not weep when it falls,
16Poas ei vaivoi valita.The obstacle does not lament troubles.
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-080622 · Read at SKS ↗
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