Nikka meni niineen
In the SKVR edition: Loppi. Aaltonen, Esko HO 1 174. 14. Hunsala. Maija Kantti, 83 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Nikka meni niineen,Nikka went to the mare [or: to the girl],
2minä niiniä karsiin.I began to court the mares [or: the girls].
(Nikotusta vastaan luetaan 9 kertaa henkäämättä.)
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-050614 · Read at SKS ↗
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