Kars kateen nenää
In the SKVR edition: Vehkalahti. Rytkönen, Antti 81. 95. Kannusjärvi. Tuomas Kurittu, 75 v.
SKVR textEnglish
Kun pelkää kateen silmää.
1Kars kateen nenää,Trim the roof's nose,
2Noki noilan sieramee!Soot in the witch's nostrils!
3Kuiva kuus kasvakooMay a dry spruce grow
4Kateen kolan ovell'!At the roofed hut's door!
5Tänne vilja virratkooMay grain flow here
6Läpi soilen, läpi mailen,Through swamps, through lands,
7Läpi kankahan tihun!Through the dense heath!
8Nenä pers', kiel kaps,Nose [like] an ass, tongue like cabbage,
9Maasta rikka silmääs,From earth, rot fill your eyes,
10Kärmeen veri kielelles!Snake's blood onto your tongue!
11Lihas liputttakoonMay your flesh flap [decay],
12Ja veres seisköön!And your blood stand still!
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-087135 · Read at SKS ↗
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