Ruvennonko laulamahe
In the SKVR edition: Latvaj. Bor. III, n. 39. 2/9 77. Arhippaińi Miihkali.
SKVR textEnglish
1Ruvennonko laulamahe,Shall I begin to sing,
2Šoanenko šanelomaheShall I start to resound,
3Hyvän on toiśena keralla,It is good to be second in turn,
4Kahen kašvin kumppal'ina!As companions of two growths/faces!
5Pankamaš käsi kätehe,Let us place hand into hand,
6Šormi šormien välihe,Finger between fingers,
7Haka toiśehen hakahe!Hook into another hook!
8Šana siulta, 2:ńi miulta,A word from you, so from me,
9Kieli kemppi kummalta,The tongue braided from which side,
10Šuutana šovittelemma,Let us adjust as mouths,
11Šäveltänä šeätelemmä,Let us arrange as melodies,
12Niin kuin kahta kantelvoista,Like two kantele players,
13Veräjiä 5:ttä, 6:tta,Gates of the path, path,
143:ie kovan ovie.The road of the hard door.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-001467 · Read at SKS ↗
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