Lemmingäine löytöpoika
In the SKVR edition: Suoverkka. Salminen n. 1879. -09. Kuultu Kiimavaarassa.
SKVR textEnglish
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2Lemmingäine löytöpoikaLemminkäinen, the foundling boy
3Ei metšäll' eigä merell'Not in the forest nor on the sea
4Eigä selvällä selällä.Nor on the open expanse's back
5Vuota, vuota, Hiien luonna,Shed, shed at Hiisi's side!
6Vuota, soat Kojosen meälläShed, obtain [it] at Kojonen's stead
7Koijen kossen korvasilla!Of dawns! On the spruce's ears!
8Jo tuo nägyy nälgäniemi,Now that Hunger-cape appears,
9Kylä kurja kuussottau,The wretched village churns in strife,
10Eik' ole paimosen palaistaThere's no shepherd's portion
11Eikä vierahan varaista.Nor the stranger's sustenance
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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-005565 · Read at SKS ↗
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