Mitä laulan, kuta laulan?

SKVR IV1 575·Kaprio·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Tyrö, Harjavalta]. D. E. D. Europaeus. III 3. 127. 1853.

SKVR textEnglish

1Mitä laulan, kuta laulan?What do I sing, where do I sing?

2Laulan Luojoin kuolemasta,I sing of the Creators' death,

3Jumalaisen hauvannaista,Of the divine one's burial,

4Katomista kaikkivallan.The vanishing of the Almighty.

5Kuhun on Luojoi kuoletettu,Where has the Creator been slain,

6Kaotettu kaikkivalta?The Almighty been disposed?

7Sinne Luojoi kuoletettuThere the Creator was slain,

8Sinisen salon sisähän,Into the blue wilderness's core,

9Korven kaijan kainalohon.To the forest guardian's sheltered fold.

10Syvä hauta kaivettuna,A deep grave dug,

11Sinne Luojoi kuoletettu.There the Creator was slain.

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.

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