Älä pistä piikkijäinen
In the SKVR edition: Pihtip. Krohn 16419. 85.
SKVR textEnglish
Ampijainen.
1Älä pistä piikkijäinen,Do not stab, little spike-wielder,
2Älä ammu ampijainen,Do not shoot, oh shooter,
3Piikkis syntiin käy.Your spike leads to sin.
4Pistä puita, pistä maita.Stab [plant] trees, stab [plant] lands.
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-052265 · Read at SKS ↗
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