Pöytärinkistä sinikeen
In the SKVR edition: Tammela. Viherv., Antero Vipunen 09, 25. s.
SKVR textEnglish
1Pöytärinkistä sinikeen,From the round table to the blue,
2sinikestä rintasolkeen,From the blue to the chest-brooch,
3rintasoljesta sorikeen,From the chest-brooch to the gravel,
4sorikesta sorkkamanniin,From the gravel to the hoofed stallion,
5sorkkamannista manikeen,From the hoofed stallion to the land,
6manikesta matapöllöön,From the land to the worm-owl,
7matapöllöstä pöröröön,From the worm-owl to the fluff,
8pöpöröstä pöytärinkiin.From the fluff back to the round table.
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-048667 · Read at SKS ↗
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