Ken lie katehin katsonut
In the SKVR edition: Porajärvi. Krohn n. 6327. - 84. Muuan akka.
SKVR textEnglish
Kuin lapsi suuteliete.
1Ken lie katehin katsonut,Who has cast the envious eye,
2Kalvot silmih kasvakah,Pale growths in the eyes,
3Silmät verin vuuakkah,Eyes bloodied and streaming,
4Isäntih, emäntih mänkähMaster and mistress depart,
5Ennen päivän nousemista,Before the sun's rising,
6Ennen koitteen katomista!Before dawn's fading light!
7Ke lie katehin katsonut,Who has cast the envious eye,
8Ruskie veriset, musta veriset,Red-blooded, black-blooded,
9Valkie veriset.White-blooded.
10Lähe tietä tulijoa, mänijeä,Leave the road of comers and goers,
11Saari sauan kantajoa,Island-staff carriers,
12Makoa kuin maatitsa hirsi rouno.Lie like an earthly log's remains.
Odaman (= Aatami) joulus saati ne sanat kuin Adama laati ilmoja maalle eleä.
(Siit kylyh käyäh, tullah sieltä kylystä).
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-006451 · Read at SKS ↗
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