Kylän pojat kukkelisilmät
In the SKVR edition: Soikkola. J. Länkelä. v. IX 28. 1858.
SKVR textEnglish
1Kylän pojat kukkelisilmät,Village boys with bulging eyes,
2Kukkelisilmät, lotta korvat,Bulging eyes, duck-like ears,
3Antakaa äänen äiste käyä,Let the voice resound properly,
4Kulkun lustisti kumista!Ring the bell with vigor!
5Join mie joesta vettä,I drank water from the river,
6Lapoin vettä Laukahasta,Scooped water from Laukaa,
7Meni konna kurkkuhuni,A toad entered my throat,
8Silt' ei kurkkuni kumaja,Thus my throat cannot resonate,
9Heliä ääneni ei helise.My voice cannot ring with sound.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-007402 · Read at SKS ↗
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