Tulta tunge sukkahas
In the SKVR edition: Saarenpää. Karttunen n. 99. - 1/7 97. [Tatjana Feodorovna, Huotarin tytär].
SKVR textEnglish
1Tulta tunge sukkahas,Thrust fire into the socks,
2Kekälehtä kengähäs,An ember into the shoes,
3Vesi on vanhin veljeksistä,Water is the eldest of the brothers,
4Tuli on nuorin sisarista.Fire is the youngest of the sisters.
5Mato maljas venyy,The worm's goblet stretches,
6Keärmis peällä keänteleikse,Let the snake twist atop,
7Hengäsipä se heinän juureh.Let it breathe at the grass's root.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-006122 · Read at SKS ↗
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