Olin ennen Onni manni
In the SKVR edition: Uhut. Lönnrot A II 9, n. 77 a). 28/4 35.
SKVR textEnglish
1Olin ennen Onni manni,I was once Onni the land-man,
2Onnimannista malokki,From Onnimanni, a small creature,
3Malokista maitopyörä,From the creature, a milk-churn,
4Maitopyörästä pöpöli,From the milk-churn, a little bug,
5Pöpölistä pöntärikki,From the bug, a tiny jar,
6Pöntärikistä rysikkä,From the jar, a clattering thing,
7Rysikästä ristisolki,From the clatter, a cross-brooch,
8Ristisolesta somikki,From the cross-brooch, a trinket,
9Somikista sormikinnas,From the trinket, a finger-mitten,
10Sormikintaasta kyperi,From the mitten, a curved thing,
11Kyperistä kirjakansi,From the curve, a book-cover,
12Kirjakannesta kirikkä,From the book-cover, a church,
13Kirikässä nuoret miehet,In the church, young men,
14Nuoret miehet naimattomat,Young men, unmarried,
15Meri - - -
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies. Lines without English have no translation, or one that cannot be matched to the line with certainty.
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-002157 · Read at SKS ↗
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