Pois pilvi päivän päältä
In the SKVR edition: Jokioin. Aaltonen 140. 13. Minkiö. Kustaava Klemola, 68 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Pois pilvi päivän päältä,Away, cloud from upon the sun,
2anna päivän paistaa,Let the sun shine,
3herrain kynttilät helottaaThe lords' candles to glimmer,
4ja papin kynttilät paistaa.And the priest's candles to shine.
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.
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-051999 · Read at SKS ↗
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