Ahven armas köyryniska -

SKVR IX4 1142·Saarijärvi·1893·Collector: Liimatainen, A.

In the SKVR edition: Saarij. Liimatainen 13. 93. Muistiinp. Kiukaisissa.

SKVR textEnglish

1"Ahven armas köyryniska -"Perch, dear bent-necked one"

2tahi särki suloinen silakka -"Or roach, sweet little herring"

3tahi lahna laupias lotukka -"Or bream, benevolent tench"

4tahi hauki hyvä hammas niekka,"Or pike, good-toothed biter,"

5tule onkeen ottamaan,"Come take the hook,"

6väkärautaan veäntämään."To yank the iron-hard hook."

7Ota suulla suuremmalla,"Take with a larger mouth,"

8leuvalla leveämmällä."With a broader jaw."

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.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.