Kullervo Kalervon poika
Tempasi[1] terävän[2] miekan[3], 320
Katselevi kääntelevi,
Kyselevi tietelevi[4];
Kysyi[5] mieltä[6] miekaltansa[3]
Tokko[7] tuon[8] tekisi[9] mieli[6]
Syöä[10] syyllistä[11] lihoa,[12] 325
Viallista[13] verta[14] juoa[15].
Miekka[3] mietti[16] miehen[17] mielen[6].
Arvasi[18] uron[19] pakinan[20],
Vastasi[21] sanalla[22] tuolla[8]:
‘Miks[23] en[24] söisi[24] mielelläni[25], 330
Söisi[24] syyllistä[11] lihoa[12],
Viallista[13] verta[14] joisi[26]?
Syön[10] lihoa[12] syyttömänki,[27]
Juon[15] verta[14] viattomanki[28].’
Kullervo Kalervon poika, 335
Sinisukka[29] äijön[30] lapsi[31]
Pään[32] on[33] peltohon[34] sysäsi[35],
Perä[36] painoi[37] kankahasen[38],
Kären[39] käänti[40] rintahansa[41],
Itse[42] iskihe[43] kärelle[44], 340
Siihen[45] surmansa[46] sukesi[47]
Kuolemansa[48] kohtaeli[49].
Se oli surma[45] nuoren[50] miehen[17],
Kuolo[51] kullervo-urohon[52],
Loppu[53] ainakin[54] urosta[55] 345
Kuolema[56] kova-osaista[57].
[Kullervo, the hero of Kalevala xxxi-xxxvi, is represented as a child of
misfortune, who by no possible means could do good. After a series of
crimes and disasters, rivalling the history of Oedipus, he determines to
kill himself.]
Kullervo the son of Kalervo
Grasped the sharp sword, 320
Looked (at it), turned (it),
Asked, inquired:
Asked of his sword its mind,
If it were minded,
To eat guilty flesh, 325
To drink sinful blood.
The sword understood the mind of the man,
Followed the speech of the hero,
Answered with this word:
‘Why should I not eat to my pleasure, 330
Eat guilty flesh,
Drink sinful blood?
I eat the flesh of the guiltless,
I drink the blood of the sinless.’
Kullervo the son of Kalervo, 335
The old man’s child with blue stockings,
Drove the hilt into the ground,
Fixed the end in the plain,
Turned the point to his breast
Himself fell on the point. 340
Thus he sought his fate,
Met his death.
This was the fate of the young man,
The death of the hero Kullervo,
The end of the hero, 345
The death of the ill-fated one.
[Note 1: 3rd sing. imperf. of stem =tempata=, 1st inf. =temmata=,
conjugated like =lupata=, pp. 95 and 101.]
[Note 2: Acc. sing. of adj. =terävä=, _sharp_, formed from =terä=,
_edge_, with affix va.]
[Note 3: Acc. sing. of =miekka=, _sword_; =kk= becomes =k= in closed
syllable (rule 25); in l. 323, occurs the ablative sing. with affix of
3rd pers. pron.]
[Note 4: These four verbs are all formed with the affix =ele= (_v._ p.
111) from the simple forms =katsoa=, =kääntää=, =kysyä=, =tietää=. The
=vi= is the termination of the 3rd. pers. sing. pres. (p. 62).]
[Note 5: 3rd sing. imperf. of =kysyä=, followed by ablative, _to ask of_
(p. 154).]
[Note 6: Part. sing. of =miele=, nom. =mieli=, genitive =mielen=, etc.;
=e= lost before =tä= by rule 17.]
[Note 7: Particle, _whether_.]
[Note 8: Acc. of demonstr. pron. =tuo=.]
[Note 9: 3rd pers. sing. conditional of root =teke=, inf. =tehdä=, of
3rd conjugation. The phrase =mieli tekee= followed by an accusative
(here =tuon=) means _his mind drives him to_, or _he has a mind to_.
Cf. the first lines of the =Kalevala Mieleni minun tekevi ... lähteäni
laulamahan=, _my mind incites me to begin singing_.]
[Note 10: = =syödä= (p. 224) 1st inf. of root =syö= (pres indic. =syön=),
depending on phrase =mieli tekisi= (p. 188).]
[Note 11: Part. sing. (object of =syöä=) of =syyllinen=, _guilty_, formed
from =syy=, _cause_ or _guilt_, with affix =llise= (p. 47).]
[Note 12: = =lihaa= (p. 225), part. sing. of =liha=, _flesh_.]
[Note 13: Part. sing. of =viallinen=, formed from =vika=, _fault_, like
=syyllinen=, =k= lost by rule 28.]
[Note 14: Part. sing. of =vere= (nom. =veri=); cf. =mieltä= for form.]
[Note 15: = =juoda= (p. 224), 1st inf. of =juo=, pres. =juon=.]
[Note 16: 3rd sing. imperf. of =miettiä= (2nd conj.) _to think over_,
here meaning _understand_.]
[Note 17: Genitive sing. of stem =miehe= (nom. =mies=).]
[Note 18: 3rd sing. imperf. of =arvata=; pres. indic. =arvaan=, _to
think, understand_, conjugated like root =lupata=, p. 101.]
[Note 19: Genitive sing. of =uro=, _hero_, which is more usual in the
form =uros= (stem =uroho=, =uroo=).]
[Note 20: Accusative sing. (object of =arvasi=) of =pakina=, _speech_.]
[Note 21: =Vastasi=, 3rd sing. imperf. of =vastata=, conjugated like root
=lupata=.]
[Note 22: Adessive sing. of =sana=, _word_, used here in instrum.
signification (p. 152).]
[Note 23: Transl. sing. of =mikä=, used adverbially to mean _why_ (p.
159).]
[Note 24: Negative conditional of =syö=, composed of 1st pers. sing. of
neg. verb, and stem of conditional (p. 70). By rule 4 =syö + isi= becomes
=söisi=.]
[Note 25: Adessive sing. of =mieli= (_v._ No. 6) with affix of 1st pers.
sing. _with my mind_, i.e. _with pleasure_.]
[Note 26: =Juo + isi= becomes =joisi= (_v._ No. 15).]
[Note 27: =ki= is an adverbial affix (p. 118) meaning _even_; =syyttömän=
is the genitive sing. of =syytön=, _guiltless_ (stem =syyttömä=), a
caritive adjective formed from =syy=, with suffix =ttoma=, just as
=syyllinen= is formed with suffix =llise= (_v._ pp. 47 and 37).]
[Note 28: Genitive sing. of caritive adjective =viaton=, formed from
=vika=.]
[Note 29: _Blue-stockinged_, a compd. of =sini=, _blue_, and =sukka=,
_stocking_.]
[Note 30: Gen. sing. of =äijö= (= =äijä=), _an old man_.]
[Note 31: Nom. sing. of stem =lapse=, _child_.]
[Note 32: Accusative sing. of =pää=, _head_, here _the hilt of a sword_.]
[Note 33: Particle of emphasis frequently used in Kalevala, and not the
verb substantive.]
[Note 34: = =peltoon= (p. 225), illative sing. of =pelto=, _field_ or
_ground_.]
[Note 35: 3rd pers. sing. of =sysätä=, _to drive_, conj. like =luvata=.]
[Note 36: Accusative sing. of =perä=, _end_.]
[Note 37: 3rd pers. sing. impf. of =painaa=, _to force down_ or _into_.]
[Note 38: = =kankaasen= (p. 225), illative sing. of stem =kankaha=, nom.
=kangas= (p. 38 and rule 26), _a bare plain_.]
[Note 39: Accusative sing. of stem =kärke=, nom. =kärki=, here _the point
of the sword_.]
[Note 40: 3rd sing. impf. of =kääntää=, _to turn_, _v._ p. 16.]
[Note 41: = =rintaansa=, illative sing. of =rinta=, _breast_, with suffix
of 3rd pers. pron.]
[Note 42: Nominative sing. of pronoun.]
[Note 43: 3rd pers. sing. reflex. impf. of =iskeä=, _to strike_. For form
_v._ pp. 109 and 227.]
[Note 44: All. sing. of =kärki= (_v._ No. 38).]
[Note 45: Illative sing. of pron. =se=, but here the force of the
illative is lost; literally _to this_, _up till now_.]
[Note 46: Acc. sing. of =surma=, _fate_, with pron. aff. of 3rd pers.]
[Note 47: 3rd sing. imperf. of root =suketa=, 1st infin. =sueta=, _to
make_, or _prepare_, conjugated like =luvata=.]
[Note 48: Accusative sing. of =kuolema=, _death_ (pp. 45 and 190).]
[Note 49: 3rd sing. imperf. of =kohtaella=, _to meet_ (one’s fate); cf.
=kohtalo=, _fate_.]
[Note 50: Genitive sing. of =nuori= (stem =nuore=), _young_.]
[Note 51: Nominative sing. = =kuolema=, but formed with suffix =o= (p.
45).]
[Note 52: Compound of proper name =Kullervo= and =uros=, _hero_ (stem
=uroho=).]
[Note 53: Nominative sing. _end_, genitive =lopun=; cf. =loppua=, _to
end_, intrans., =lopettaa= trans.]
[Note 54: Adv. =aina=, _always_, with suffix =kin=. Lönnrot explains
this word as =åtminstone=, =visst=; it seems here almost pleonastic, and
cannot be rendered _for ever_.]
[Note 55: Partitive sing. of =uros= (stem =uroho=), _hero_, used here as
the genitive.]
[Note 56: Transcriber’s Note: note 56 was omitted.]
[Note 57: Partitive sing. of compound adj. formed from =kova= _hard_ and
=osainen= (stem =-se=) _fated_; adjective of =osa=, _share_.]
KALEVALA, XVI. 151 ff.
Läksi[1] Tuonelta[2] sanoja[3],
Manalalta[4], mahtiloita[5];
Astua taputtelevi[6],
Kävi[7] viikon[8] vitsikkoa[9],
Viikon[8] toisen[10] tuomikkoa[9], 155
Kolmannen[11] katajikkoa[9],
Jo[12] näkyi[13] Manalan[4] saari[14],
Tuonen[2] kumpu[15] kuumottavi[16].
Vaka[17] vanha[18] Väinämöinen
Jo[12] huhuta[19] huikahutti[20] 160
Tuossa Tuonelan[21] joessa[22],
Manalan[4] alantehessa[23]:
‘Tuo[24] venettä[25] Tuonen[2] tytti[26],
Lauttoa[27] Manalan[4] lapsi[28]
Yli[29] salmen[30] saa’akseni[31], 165
Joen[22] poikki[32] päästäkseni[33]!’
Lyhykäinen[34] Tuonen[2] tytti[26],
Matala[35] Manalan[4] neiti[36]
Tuo oli peukkujen[37] pesiä[38],
Räpähien[39] räimyttäjä[40] 170
Tuonen[2] mustassa[41] joessa[22],
Manalan[4] alusve’essä[42];
Sanan[3] virkki[43], noin[44] nimesi[45],
Itse lausui[46] ja pakisi[47]:
‘Vene[25] täältä[48] tuotanehe[49], 175
Kuni[50] syy[51] sanottanehe[52],
Mi[53] sinun Manalle[2] saattoi[54]
Ilman[55] tau’in[56] tappamatta[57],
Ottamatta[58] oivan[59] surman[60],
Muun[61] surman[60] musertamatta[62].’ 180
Vaka[17] vanha[18] Väinämöinen
Sanan[3] virkkoi[43] noin[44] nimesi[45]:
‘Tuoni[2] minun tänne[63] tuotti[64],
Mana[2] mailtani[65] veteli[66].’
Lyhykäinen Tuonen tytti, {_v._ 167, 168
Matala Manalan neiti {
Tuonpa[67] hän sanoiksi[68] virkki[43]:
‘Jopa[12] keksin[69] kielastajan[70]!
Kunp’[71] on[72] Tuoni[2] tänne[65] toisi[73],
Mana mailta[65] siirteleisi[74], 190
Tuoni toisi[73] tullessansa[75],
Manalainen[76], matkassansa[77],
Tuonen hattu[78] hartioilla[79],
Manan kintahat[80] käessä[81];
Sano[82] totta[83] Väinämöinen, 195
Mi[52] sinun Manalle saattoi[54]?’
Vaka[17] vanha[18] Väinämöinen
Jo[12] tuossa[84] sanoiksi[68] virkki[43]:
‘Rauta[85] mun[86] Manalle[2] saattoi[54],
Teräs[87] tempoi[88] Tuonelahan[21].’ 200
Lyhykäinen Tuonen tytti, {
Matala Manalan neiti {_v._ 167, 168, 173.
Sanan virkkoi, noin nimesi: {
‘Tuosta[89] tunnen[90] kielastajan[70]!
Kun[71] rauta[85] Manalle[2] saisi[91], 205
Teräs[87] toisi[73] Tuonelahan[21],
Verin[92] vaattehet[93] valuisi[94],
Hurmehin[95] hurahteleisi[96];
Sano totta Väinämöinen, _v._ 195.
Sano totta toinen[10] kerta[97]!’ 210
Vaka[17] vanha[18] Väinämöinen
Itse virkki[43], noin[44] nimesi[45]:
‘Vesi[98] sai[91] minun Manalle[2],
Aalto[99] toi[73] on[72] Tuonelahan[21].’
Lyhykäinen Tuonen tytti, {
Matala Manalan neiti {v. 167, 168, 173.
Sanan virkkoi, noin nimesi: {
‘Ymmärrän[100] valehtelian[101]!
Jos[102] vesi[92] Manalle[2] saisi[91],
Aalto[99] toisi[73] Tuonelahan[21], 220
Vesin[102] vaattehet[93] valuisi[94],
Helmasi[103] herahteleisi[104];
Sano[82] tarkkoja[105] tosia[106],
Mi[53] sinun Manalle[2] saattoi[54]?’
Tuossa[84] vanha[17] Väinämöinen 235
Vielä[107] kerran[108] kielastavi[109]:
‘Tuli[110] toi[73] mun[86] Tuonelahan[21],
Valkea[111] Manalle[2] saattoi[54].’
Lyhykäinen Tuonen tytti, {
Matala Manalan neiti {_v._ 167, 168, 183.
Hänpä tuon sanoiksi virkki: {
‘Arvoan[112] valehtelian[101]!
Jos[102] tuli[110] Manalle[2] toisi[73],
Valkeainen[113] Tuonelahan[21],
Oisi[114] kutrit[115] kärventynnä[116], 235
Partaki[117] pahoin[118] palanut[119].’
‘Oi[120] sie[121] vanha[17] Väinämöinen,
Jos[102] tahot[122] venettä[25] täältä[48],
Sano[82] tarkkoja[105] tosia[106],
Valehia[123] viimeisiä[124], 240
Mitenkä[125] tulit[126] Manalle[2]
Ilman tau’in tappamatta, {
Ottamatta oivan surman, {_v._ 178-183.
Muun surman murentamatta[127].’ {
Sanoi[82] vanha[18] Väinämöinen: 245
‘Jos[102] vähän[128] valehtelinki[129],
Kerran[108] toisen[10] kielastelin[109],
Toki[130] ma[131] sanon[82] toetki[132]:
Tein[133] tieolla[134] venettä[25],
Laain[135] purtta[136] laulamalla[137], 210
Lauloin[138] päivän[139], lauloin toisen[10],
Niin[140] päivällä[139] kolmannella[141]
Rikkoihe[142] reki[143] runoilta[144],
Jalas[145] taittui[146] lausehilta[147];
Läksin[1] Tuonelta[2] oroa[148], 255
Manalalta[4] vääntiätä[149]
Rekosen[150] rakentoani[151],
Laulukorjan[152] laatiani[153];
Tuopa[24] nyt[154] venoista[155] tänne[60],
Laita[156] mulle[157] lauttoasi[27] 260
Yli salmen saa’akseni, {_v._ 165, 166.
Joen poikki päästäkseni!’ {
Kyllä[158] Tuonetar[159] toruvi[160],
Manan[2] neiti[36] riitelevi[161]:
‘Oi [120] on[72] hullu[162] hulluuttasi[163], 265
Mies[164] on[72] mielesi[165] vähyyttä[166]!
Tulet[126] syyttä[167] Tuonelahan[21],
Tauitta[56] Manan[2] majoille[168];
Parempi[169] sinun olisi[170]
Palata[171] omille[172] maille[173]; 270
Äijä[174] on tänne[63] tullehia[175],
Ei paljo[176] palannehia[177].’
Sanoi vanha Väinämöinen:
‘Akka[178] tieltä[179] kääntyköhön[180],
Eip’ on[72] mies[164] pahempikana[181], 275
Uros[182] untelompikana[183];
Tuo[24] venettä[25] Tuonen[2] tytti[26],
Lauttoa[27] Manalan[2] lapsi[28]!’
Vei[184] venehen[25] Tuonen[2] tytti[26],
Sillä[184] vanhan[18] Väinämöisen 280
Yli[23] salmen[30] saattelevi[185],
Joen[82] poikki[32] päästelevi[185],
Itse tuon[67] sanoiksi[68] virkki[43]:
‘Voi[180] sinua Väinämöinen,
Läksit[162] surmatta[60] Manalle[2], 285
Kuolematta[186] Tuonelahan[21]!’
Tuonetar[159] hyvä[187] emäntä[188],
Manalatar vaimo[189] vanha[18]
Toip’[73] on[72] tuopilla[189] olutta[190],
Kantoi[191] kaksikorvaisella[192], 290
Itse tuon sanoiksi virkki: _v._ 283.
‘Juop’[193] on[72] vanha[18] Väinämöinen!’
Vaka[17] vanha[18] Väinämöinen
Katsoi[194] pitkin[195] tuoppiansa[189],
Sammakot[196] kuti[197] sisällä[198], 295
Maot[199] laioilla[200] lateli[201];
Siitä[185] tuon[67] sanoiksi[68] virkki[43]:
‘En mä[131] tänne[65] tullutkana[175]
Juomahan[193] Manalan[4] maljat[202],
Tuonen[2] tuopit[180] lakkimahan[203]! 300
Juopuvat[204] oluen[190] juojat[205],
Kannun[206] appajat[207] katoovat[208].’
Sanoi[182] Tuonelan[28] emäntä[188]:
‘Oi[120] on[72] vanha[18] Väinämöinen,
Mitä[209] sie[121] tulit[126] Manalle, 305
Kuta[210] Tuonelan[21] tuville[211]
Ennen[212] Tuonen[2] tahtomatta[213],
Manan[2] mailta[214] kutsumatta[215]?’
Sanoi[128] vanha[18] Väinämöinen:
‘Veistäessäni[216] venoista[155], 310
Uutta[217] purtta[136] puuhatessa[218]
Uuvuin[219] kolmea[220] sanoa[3]
Peripäätä[221] päätellessä[222],
Kokkoa[223] kohottaessa[224];
Kun[50] en[225] noita[226] saanutkana[225], 315
Mailta[214] ilmoilta[227] tavannut[228],
Piti[229] tulla[126] Tuonelahan[21],
Lähteä[1] Manan[2] majoille[168]
Saamahan[230] sanoja[3] noita[226],
Ongelmoita[231] oppimahan[232].’ 320
Tuopa[67] Tuonelan[21] emäntä[188]
Sanan[3] virkkoi[43], noin[44] nimesi[45]:
‘Ei[233] Tuoni[2] sanoja[3] anna[233],
Mana mahtia[5] jakele[234],
Etkä[235] täältä[48] pääsnekänä[235] 325
Sinä[236] ilmoisna[237] ikänä[238]
Kotihisi[239] kulkemahan[240],
Maillesi[241] matelemahan[242].’
Uuvutti[243] unehen[244] miehen[164],
Pani[245] maata[246] matkalaisen[247] 330
Tuonen[2] taljavuotehelle[248];
Siinä mies[164] makaelevi[249],
Uros[182] unta[250] ottelevi[251],
Mies[164] makasi[246], vaate[93] valvoi[251a].
Oli akka[178] Tuonelassa[21], 335
Akka[178] vanha[18] käykkäleuka[251b],
Rautarihman[251c] kehreäjä[251d],
Vaskilankojen[251e] valaja[252],
Kehräsi[251a] sataisen[253] nuotan[254],
Tuhantisen[255] tuuritteli[256] 340
Yönä[257] yhtena[258] kesäisnä[259],
Yhellä[260] vesikivellä[261].
Oli ukko[262] Tuonelassa[21],
Se on ukko[262] kolmisormi[263],
Rautaverkkojen[264] kutoja[265], 345
Vaskinuotan[266] valmistaja[267],
Se kutoi[268] sataisen[253] nuotan[254],
Tuhantisen[255] tuikutteli[269]
Samana[270] kesäisnä [259] yönä[257],
Samalla[270] vesikivellä[261]. 350
Tuonen[2] poika[271] koukkusormi[272],
Koukkusormi[272], rautanäppi[273],
Se veti[274] sataisen[253] nuotan[254]
Poikki[32] Tuonelan[21] joesta[275],
Sekä[276] poikki[32], jotta[276] pitkin[190], 355
Jotta[276] vieläki[107] vitahan[277],
Jott’[276] ei päästä[278] Väinämöisen,
Selvitä[279] Uvantolaisen
Sina[236] ilmoisna[237] ikänä [258],
Kuuna[280] kullan[281] valkeana[282] 360
Tuolta[67] Tuonelan[21] koista[283],
Manalan[4] ikimajoista[284].
Vaka[17] vanha[18] Väinämöinen
Sanan virkkoi, noin nimesi: _v._ 173.
‘Joko[12] lie[285] tuhoni[286] tullut[285], 365
Hätäpäivä[287] päälle[288] pääsnyt[235]
Näillä Tuonelan[21] tuvilla[211],
Manalan[4] majantehilla[289]?’
Pian[290] muuksi[291] muuttelihe[292],
Ruton[293] toiseksi[10] rupesi[294], 370
Meni[295] mustana[41] merehen[296],
Sarvana[297] saraikkohon[298],
Matoi[299] rautaisna[300] matona[197],
Kulki[240] kyisnä[301] käärmehenä[302]
Poikki[32] Tuonelan[21] joesta[275], 375
Läpi[303] Tuonen[2] verkkoloista[304].
Tuonen[2] poika[271] koukkusormi[272],
Koukkusormi[272], rautanäppi[273],
Kävi[7] aamulla[305] varahin[306]
Verkkojansa[304] katsomahan[193], 380
Sa’an[307] saapi[308] taimenia[309],
Tuhat[310] emon alvehia[311],
Eip’[308] on[72] saanut[308] Väinämöistä[312],
Ukkoa[262] Uvantolaista[312].
(Väimöinen journeys to the place of the dead to find his lost spells.)
He set out to fetch words from Tuoni
(Words of) power from Manala;
Going he stepped firmly,
Went a week through forests of young trees,
A second week through bird cherries, 155
A third week through junipers:
Already appeared the island of Manala,
The hill of Tuoni loomed.
The prudent old Wäinämöinen
Now shouting cried loudly 160
In the river of Tuoni
In the lowland of Manala.
‘Bring a boat, daughter of Tuoni,
A ship, child of Manala,
For my going over this creek, 165
For my crossing over the river.’
The dwarfish daughter of Tuoni,
The stunted maiden of Manala,
She was washing dirty linen,
Beating clothes, 170
In the black river of Tuoni,
In the marsh-water[19] of Manala;
Spoke a word, thus uttered,
Herself talked and conversed:
‘The boat will be brought 175
When the reason shall be told,
What brought thee to Mana,
Without slaying by disease
Without taking by a natural death
Without breaking by another death.’ 180
The prudent old Wäinämöinen,
Spoke a word, thus uttered:
‘Tuoni brought me hither,
Mana brought me from my lands.’
The dwarfish daughter of death, 185
The stunted maiden of Manala
Spoke this in words:
‘Now I recognize the liar.
Had Tuoni brought (thee) hither,
Mana removed from the earth, 190
Tuoni would have brought (thee) in his coming,
Manalainen in his journeying,
The hat of death on (thy) head (lit. necks),
The gloves of death on (thy) hand[20];
Speak the truth, Wäinämöinen: 195
What brought thee to Manala?’
The prudent old Wäinämöinen
Hereupon spoke in words:
‘Iron brought me to Mana,
Steel sped me to Tuonela.’ 200
The dwarfish daughter of Tuoni,
The stunted child of Manala,
Spoke a word, thus uttered:
‘From this I know the liar!
If iron had sent (thee) to Mana 205
Steel brought (thee) to Tuonela:
(Thy) clothes would drip with blood,
Would trickle with gore.
Speak the truth, Wäinämöinen,
Speak the truth a second time.’ 210
The prudent old Wäinämöinen
Himself spoke, thus uttered:
‘Water sent me to Mana,
The wave brought (me) to Tuonela.’
The dwarfish daughter of Tuoni 215
The stunted maiden of Manala,
Framed a word, thus uttered:
‘I detect the liar.
If water had sent (thee) to Mana,
The wave brought (thee) to Tuonela, 220
(Thy) clothes would drip with water
Thy bosom would flow.
Speak the exact truth:
What brought thee to Mana?’
Hereupon the old Wäinämöinen 225
Lied again a time.
‘Fire brought me to Tuonela,
Flame sent me to Mana.’
The dwarfish daughter of Tuoni,
The stunted maiden of Manala, 230
She spoke this in words.
‘I detect the liar.
If fire had brought thee to Mana,
Flame to Tuonela,
(Thy) ringlets would be singed, 235
And (thy) beard be badly burnt.
O thou old Wäinämöinen,
If thou desirest the boat from here,
Speak the exact truth,
Last lies, 240
Why thou hast come to Mana,
Without slaying by disease,
Without taking by natural death,
Without destroying by another death.’
Said the old Wäinämöinen: 245
‘If I lied a little,
Told an untruth a second time,
Yet (now) I speak the truth:
I was making a boat with skill,
Constructing a ship with singing: 250
I sang a day, I sang a second,
Now on the third day
The sledge broke from my verses,
The foot-piece broke from my speech.
I set forth to obtain an auger from Tuoni, 255
A gimlet from Manala,
For my building the sledge,
For my arranging the basket-sledge of song[21].
So bring the boat here,
Prepare for me thy ship, 260
For my going over this creek,
For my crossing over the river.’
Greatly Tuonetar was wroth
The maiden of Mana was angry:
‘Alas, fool, for thy folly, 265
Man, for the smallness of thy sense.
Thou comest without a cause to Tuonela,
Without sickness to the dwellings of Mana:
Better were it for thee
To return to thy own lands. 270
Many are they who come hither,
Not many they who return.’
Said the old Wäinämöinen—
‘Let an old woman turn from the path,
Not even a worse man, 275
Not a duller hero.
Bring the boat, daughter of Tuoni,
The ship, child of Manala.’
The daughter of Tuoni brought the boat,
With it the old Wäinämöinen 280
Across the creek she carried.
Conveyed over the river.
Herself she spoke this in words.
‘Woe to thee, Wäinämöinen,
Thou hast come without death to Mana, 285
Without dying to Tuonela.’
Tuonetar, the good hostess,
Manalatar the old woman[22]
Brought beer in a cup,
Bore (it) in a two-handled vessel. 290
Herself framed this in words:
‘Drink old Wäinämöinen.’
Prudent old Wäinämöinen
Looked up and down over his cup.
Frogs were wriggling in the inside, 295
Worms crawled at the edges.
Then he framed this in words:
‘I came not here at all
To drink the pots of Manala,
To empty the cups of Tuoni. 300
The drinkers of beer get drunk,
The drainers of the cup fall.’
The hostess of Tuonela said:
‘O old Wäinämöinen,
Why hast thou come to Mana, 305
To the dwellings of Tuonela
Before the bidding of Tuoni,
The calling of Mana from the earth?’
Old Wäinämöinen said:
‘In my hewing a boat, 310
In fashioning a new ship,
I lost three words,
In finishing the end-piece,
In building up a structure of wood.
Since I have not found them, 315
Or met in the wide world,
It was necessary to come to Tuonela,
To set out for the habitations of Mana,
In order to find those words,
To learn dark sayings.’ 320
The hostess of Tuoni,
Spoke a word, thus uttered:
‘Tuoni does not give words,
(Nor) Mana distribute (words of) power,
And thou wilt not get free from here 325
In all this life
To go to thy home,
To return to thy land.’
She made the man sink into slumber,
Laid the traveller to sleep, 330
On to the skin rugs of Tuoni.
Then the man slept,
The hero took slumber,
The man slept, the clothes watched.
There was a hag in Tuonela, 335
An old hag with a sharp chin,
A spinner of iron threads,
A caster of brass threads.
She spun a hundred fold net,
Wrought one of a thousand fold 340
In one summer night
On one water-stone.
There was an old man in Tuonela.
He is an old man with three fingers,
A weaver of iron nets, 345
A preparer of brass nets.
He wove a hundred-fold net,
Forged one of a thousand-fold
In the same summer night
On the same water stone. 350
Tuoni’s son with crooked fingers,
With crooked fingers, with iron nails,
He spread the hundred fold net
Across the river of Tuoni,
Both across and along, 355
And also slantwise,
That it might not let pass Wäinämöinen
(Or) free Uvantolainen,
In all this life,
While the golden moon shines, 360
From there, from the homes of Tuoni,
From the eternal dwellings of Mana.
Prudent old Wäinämöinen
Spoke a word, thus uttered:
‘Can my doom have already come, 365
The day of misfortune have lighted on my head,
In these dwellings of Tuonela,
In the abodes of Manala.’
Suddenly he changed himself to another shape,
Swiftly he became other, 370
Went black into the water,
As an otter into the reedy place,
Crept like an iron worm,
Moved like a viper snake
Across the river of Tuonela, 375
Through the nets of Tuoni.
Tuoni’s son with crooked fingers,
With crooked fingers and iron nails,
Went in the morning early.
To look at his nets, 380
Catches a hundred small fish
A thousand fry,
Did not catch Wäinämöinen
The old Uvantolainen.
KALEVALA XL. 113 ff.
[While Väinämöinen, Lemminkäinen, and Ilmarinen are sailing to Pohjola,
the ship goes aground. Väinämöinen asks Lemminkäinen to find out what is
the matter.]
Se on[72] lieto[313] Lemminkäinen[314]
Pyörähtihe[315] katsomahan[193],
Katsovi[193] venosen[155] alle[316], 115
Sanan virkkoi, noin nimesi: _v._ xvi. 182.
‘Ei ole veno[155] kivellä[261],
Ei kivellä, ei haolla[317],
Vene[25] on hauin[318] hartioilla[70],
Ve’en[98] koiran[319] konkkaluilla[320].’ 120
Vaka vanha Väinämöinen {_v._ xvi. 151,
Sanan virkkoi, noin nimesi: {182.
‘Jotaki[321] joessa[22] onpi[322],
Hakojaki[323], haukiaki[318];
Kun[50] lie[285] hauin[318] hartioilla[79], 125
Ve’en koiran konkkaluilla, _v._ l. 120.
Veä[324] miekalla[325] vetehen[98],
Katkaise[326] kala[327] kaheksi[328]!’
Se on lieto Lemminkäinen, _v._ l. 113.
Poika[271] veitikka[329] verevä[330] 130
Miekan[325] vyöltänsä[331] vetävi[324],
Luunpurian[332] puoleltansa[333];
Veti[324] miekalla[325] meryttä[334],
Alta[335] laian[198] laskettavi[336],
Itse vierähti[337] vetehen[98], 135
Kourin[338] aaltohon[99] kohahti[339].
Siitä[340] seppo[341] Ilmarinen[342]
Tarttui[343] tukkahan[344] urosta[345],
Nostalti[346] merestä[295] miehen[164],
Itse tuon sanoiksi virkki: _v._ xvi. 283.
‘Kaikki[347] on mieheksi[164] kyhätty[348],
Pantu[245] parran[117] kantajaksi[191],
Lisäksi[349] satalu’ulle[350],
Tuhannelle[351] täytteheksi[352].’
Miekan vyöltänsä vetävi, _v._ line 131.
Tupestansa[353] tuiman[354] rauan[85],
Jolla[355] kalhaisi[356] kaloa[327],
Alta[335] laian[198] läimähytti[357];
Miekka[325] murskaksi[358] mureni[359],
Eipä hauki[318] tiennytkänä[360]. 150
Vaka vanha Väinämöinen {_v._ xvi. 197,
Tuossa tuon sanoiksi virkki: { 198.
‘Ei ole teissä[361] puolta[362] miestä[164],
Ei urosta[182] kolmannesta[363];
Kun[50] konsa[364] tulevi[120] tarve[365], 155
Miehen[164] mieltä[165] vaaitahan[366],
Silloin[367] mieli[165] melkeässä[368],
Kaikki[347] toimi[369] toisialla[370].’
Itse miekkansa[325] veälti[371],
Tempasi terävän rauan, _v._ xxxvi. 326.
Työnti[372] miekkansa[325] merehen[295],
Alle[316] laian[198] langetteli[373]
Kalahauin[374] hartioihin[79],
Ve’en koiran konkkaluihin. _v._ line 120.
Miekka[325] luottihe[375] lujahan[376], 165
Kitasihin[377] kiinnittihe[378];
Siitä[340] vanha Väinämöinen
Nostalti[346] kaloa[327] tuota[67],
Veti[324] haukia[318] ve’estä[98]:
Hauki[31] katkesi[379] kaheksi[328], 170
Pursto[380] pohjahan[381] putosi[382],
Pää[288] kavahti[383] karpahasen[384].
Jo[12] otti[385] venonen[155] juosta[386],
Pääsi[235] pursi[136] puutoksesta[387];
Vaka vanha Väinämöinen 175
Luotti[388] purren[136] luotoselle[389],
Ravahutti[390] rantasehen[391],
Katselevi, kääntelevi _v._ xxxvi. 321.
Tuota[67] hauin[318] pääpaloa[392],
Itse tuon sanoiksi virkki: _v._ xvi. 283.
‘Ken[393] on vanhin[18] sulholoista[394],
Sepä hauki halkomahan[395],
Kala[327] viploin[396] viiltämähän[397],
Pää[298] paloiksi[322] pahkomahan[398]!’
Miehet[164] purresta[136] puhuvat[399], 185
Vaimot[189] lausui[46] laitasilta[400]:
‘Saajanpa[401] käet[81] sulimmat[402],
Sormet[263] pyytäjän[403] pyhimmät[404].’
Vaka vanha Väinämöinen
Veti[324] veitsen[405] huotrastansa[406], 190
Kyleltänsä[407] kylmän[408] rauan[85],
Jolla[355] hauin[318] halkaisevi[409],
Pahkovi[410] kalan[327] paloiksi[392],
Itse tuon sanoiksi virkki: _v._ xvi. 283.
‘Ken[393] on nuorin[411] neitosista[412], 195
Sepä hauki keittämähän
Murkinaisiksi[414] muruiksi[415],
Kalaisiksi[416] lounahiksi[417]!’
Kävi[7] neiet[38] keittämähän[413],
Kävi[7] kilvan[418] kymmenenki[419]; 200
Siitä[340] hauki[318] keitetähän[420],
Murkinoiahan[421] muruina[422],
Jäipä[423] luita[424] luotoselle[389],
Kalanluita[424] kalliolle[425].
Vaka vanha Väinämöinen 205
Noita[226] tuossa[84] katselevi,
Katselevi, kääntelevi, _v._ xxxvi. 321.
Sanan virkkoi, noin nimesi: _v._ xvi. 182.
‘Mikä tuostaki[426] tulisi[126],
Noista[427] hauin[218] hampahista[428], 210
Leveästä[429] leukaluusta[430],
Jos[102] oisi[114] sepon[341] pajassa[431],
Luona[432] taitavan[433] takojan[434],
Miehen,[164] mahtavan[435] käsissä[81]?’
Sanoi[128] seppo[134] Ilmarinen: 215
‘Ei tule[126] tyhjästä[436] mitänä[437],
Kalan[327] ruotasta[438] kalua[439],
Ei seponkana[341] pajassa,
Luona taitavan takojan, _v._ lines 213, 214.
Miehen mahtavan käsissä.’
Vaka vanha Väinämöinen
Itse tuon sanoiksi virkki: _v._ xvi. 283.
‘Näistäpä[130] toki tulisi[126]
Kalanluinen[424] kanteloinen[440],
Kun[50] oisi[114] osoajata[441], 225
Soiton[442] luisen[424] laatiata[443].’
Kun[50] ei toista[10] tullutkana[175],
Ei ollut osoajata[441],
Soiton luisen laatiata, _v._ line 226.
Vaka vanha Väinämöinen 230
Itse loihe[444] laatiaksi[443],
Tekiäksi[445] teentelihe[446];
Laati[153] soiton[442] hauinluisen[424],
Suoritti[447] ilon[448] ikuisen[449].
Kust’[450] on koppa[451] kanteletta[452]? 235
Hauin[318] suuren[453] leukaluusta[430];
Kust’[450] on naulat[454] kanteletta[452]?
Ne on hauin[318] hampahista[428];
Kusta[450] kielet[454] kanteletta[452]?
Hivuksista[455] Hiien[456] ruunan[457]. 240
Jo oli soitto[442] suorittuna[458],
Valmihina[459] kanteloinen[440],
Soitto[442] suuri[453] hauinluinen[421],
Kantelo[440] kalaneväinen[460].