Kolm oli poigoa pahalla
In the SKVR edition: Jänkäjärvi. Bor. I, kons. s. 37. - 5/8 71. Kakkisen Harlom. Isänisän-isä Ilomantsista.
SKVR textEnglish
1Kolm oli poigoa pahalla,Three sons were in wickedness,
2Üks oli rujo, toine ramba,One was deformed, the second lame,
3Kolmas verisogea,The third blood-soaked,
4Ambui alattsi päivästä,He hunted relentlessly from dawn,
5Peälittši puien ladvazista.Over the treetops he soared.
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-006411 · Read at SKS ↗
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