Repo itki riekutteli

SKVR III1 239·Lavansaari·1858·Collector: Länkelä, Jaako

In the SKVR edition: [Saarilta]. [[Lavansaari?]] J. Länkelä. v. IV 30. 1858.

SKVR textEnglish

Ketun valitus:

1Repo itki riekutteli,The fox wept, wailed aloud,

2Alla vuoren voivotteli:Beneath the hill she mourned:

3Oi miun poloisen poikiani,"Oh, my wretched little sons,

4Laihan linnun lapsiani!My frail bird-like children!

5Kussa ne kulekseleet,Where have they wandered off,

6Herren helmoina hyvinä,As trims on the lord's fine robes,

7Papin paian kagluksina;As hooks on the priest's cassock;

8Lihat on syöty, luut koluttu,Their flesh eaten, bones gnawed clean,

9Nahat saksan saappahina,Their hides as German boots,

10Pispan pitkinä hihoina.The bishop's long sleeves they've become."

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.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.