Kuohu kuivalle kalansa

SKVR I4 276·Vuokkiniemi·1834·Collector: Lönnrot, Elias

In the SKVR edition: Kivijärvi. Lönnrot A II 7, n. 6 b). 34.

SKVR textEnglish

1Kuohu kuivalle kalansa,Cast their fish to dry land, / Surge their fish to dry land,

2Arinoille ahvenensa,To the stony fields their perch,

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4Lohi luotojen lomatsi,Salmon the skerries' shelter,

5Kalevan kivi karia.Kaleva's stone for cattle,

6Kunne tuhkat pantanehe?Where were the ashes placed?

7Peltohon saviperähän.Into the field's clay margin,

8Kuto verkon kuutta syltä,Weave the net six fathoms,

9Nuotan on satoa syltä,The seine net a hundred fathoms,

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11Tuli miesten tuttavani.Fire became the men's companion of mine. / I became known to the men.

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.
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.

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