Riu rau rebozeń
In the SKVR edition: Tresna. Alava n. 436. - 95. Matŕo, 16 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Riu rau rebozeń,Riu rau, little fox,
2Missä kävit kezozen?Where did you spend the summer?
3Tuattoлoissa muamoлoissa.At father's, at mother's.
4Midä šie šait?What did you receive?
5Kymmenen poigua.Ten sons.
6Kuin heidä kut̮t̮utah?How are they named?
7Yksi Lut't'i, toiń(e) Tot't'i,First Lut't'i, second Tot't'i,
8koлmaš koлmas Kuapot't'ińeThird, the third Kuapot'ti,
9nel'l'äš ńeido juomukkańe,Fourth, the maiden's drinking-companion,
10viieš viллan-vaллallińe,Fifth, the willow-wand wielder,
11kuuveš kut't'i karbaлońe,Sixth, the short-tailed stoat-like one,
12seit̮t̮emeš šeppä-Teppo,Seventh, smith-Teppo,
13kahekšaš kaidaparda,Eighth, narrow-bearded,
14yhekšäs yllin kirja,Ninth, overly adorned,
15kymmeńeš kylän-vanhin.Tenth, the village elder.
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-006857 · Read at SKS ↗
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