Pois pilvi päivän päältä
In the SKVR edition: Loppi. Salo, Aukusti HO 24 1091. 13. Kustaava Jöörmanni, 78 v. Muistiinp. Vanajassa.
SKVR textEnglish
1Pois pilvi päivän päältä,Away, cloud from the sun's surface,
2Anna päivän paistaa,Let the sun shine,
3Aurinkon loistaa,The sun to gleam,
4Herran kynttilät helotella,The Lord's candles to flicker,
5Taivaan rattaat täritellä.Heaven's wheels to tremble,
6Paista puihin, paista maihin,Shine on the trees, shine on the lands,
7Paista Herran hauran päälle.Shine on the Lord's tender sapling,
8Viä vetes Venäjän maalle,Take the waters to Russian land,
9Siällä vettä tarvitaan.There water is needed.
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-052056 · Read at SKS ↗
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