Kivi kiihka äitis poika
In the SKVR edition: Karstula. Krohn 4267. 84.
SKVR textEnglish
Kivi.
1Kivi kiihka äitis poika,Stone's heat, mother's son,
2Tule työsi tuntemaan,Come know your craft,
3Vikas vilkasemaan,Drive out the ailment,
4Pahas parantamaan!Heal the evil's torment!
5Tee niinkun minä tahon,Do as I command,
6Tee päältä terveeksi,Make the surface whole,
7Keskeä kivuttomaksi,The core free of pain,
8Alta nuurumattomaksi.Beneath, no festering stain.
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-052896 · Read at SKS ↗
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