Vaka vanha Väinämöinen
In the SKVR edition: Akonlaksi. Lönnrot Q, n. 230. - 1839.
SKVR textEnglish
1Vaka vanha VäinämöinenSteadfast old Väinämöinen
2Lato purtta laulamalla.He built the boat by singing.
3Jopa päänä 3:tenaIndeed as the head, this one...
4Joukosen kynän neniä.With the crane's claw-tips.
5Maksoistani maan ranio.From my livers, the earth's edge.
6Sai 100 sanoja.He received words [of power].
7Venoahan vestelevi.He rocked the little boat.
8Laivoaan laittelevi.He arranged his ship.
9Itki pursipuun alaista,He wept for the boat-tree's underling,
10Hankkirauan haltiata.The spirit of the sledge-iron.
11Muut purret sotia käyvät.Other boats go to war.
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.
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-000463 · Read at SKS ↗
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