Voi sula sulattoessa

SKVR I4 462·Vuokkiniemi·1872·Collector: Borenius, A. A.

In the SKVR edition: Latvajärvi? I. Saksa, Borenius n. 10. 72-4. Pankro? - Mp. Kiannalla.

SKVR textEnglish

Sisiliskon loihtoruno.

1Voi sula sulattoessa,Butter melts in the melting,

2Rasva räytelteässä,Fat in the dripping,

3Voi sula sulamahan,Butter melts into melting,

4Rasva räykie räytymähän,Fat clumps into melting,

5Sulempi sulamahan,More melted into melting,

6Räykyempi räytymähän,More molten into dripping,

7Kuu kaiho katoamaan,Moon's longing to vanish,

8Kaihompi katoamahanDeeper longing to disappear,

9Karvasta hyvän kahimen,From fur, a good safeguard,

10Hyvän tuoman ruumihista,From the good brought bodies,

11Jottei turhaan tulisi,So it wouldn’t come to naught,

12Häpeähän hämmästyisi,Nor be shocked into shame,

13Käytyä käsissä näissä.Once handled by these hands.

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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