Kuin lienet tullun' kuollehen koista
In the SKVR edition: Kontokki. Nasto Lesojeff n. 4. 11. Out'i, Hilipän akka.
SKVR textEnglish
Kalmasta.
1Kuin lienet tullun' kuollehen koista,How have you come from the dead's domain,
2Katonehen kartanosta,From the ruined estate,
3Iki männehen majasta,From the forever-lost shelter,
4Mänepä kuollehen kotih,Go now to the dead's home,
5Iki männehen majah,To the eternally vanished dwelling,
6Satalauvan lappehih,To the edges of the hundred-planked [grave],
7Tuhat malkivon majah,To the house of a thousand beams,
8Märännehen mua emäh!To the damp earth mother!
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.
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-002994 · Read at SKS ↗
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