Kunne käännän kätkyeni
In the SKVR edition: Uhut. Europæus K, n. 221. 46.
SKVR textEnglish
1Kunne käännän kätkyeni,Where do I turn my cradle,
2Virsikorjani kohennan?Arrange my song-basket?
3Metsällekö vain merelle?To the forest or to the sea?
4Sinne milma tarvitah,There where [help/desire] is needed,
5Syvän synnin tietäjix',For the knowers of deep sins,
6Ison pulman purkajix'.The solvers of great woes.
7Sinne käännän kätkyeni,There I turn my cradle,
8Virsikorjani kohennan,Arrange my song-basket,
9Kysyn Luojalta lupoa,Ask the Creator for leave,
10Anon alta maan asujan.Beg the earth's below-dweller.
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-002861 · Read at SKS ↗
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