Ampiainen metän kuningas
In the SKVR edition: Karstula. Krohn 241 d. 84.
SKVR textEnglish
1Ampiainen metän kuningas,Wasp, the king of the forest,
2Silkkisessä vaattehessa,In a silken garment,
3Elä huoli noian nuolistaDo not fear the arrows of sorcerers,
4Eläkä velhoin kirouksista,Nor the curses of wizards,
5Mutta tee niinkun minä sanon!But do as I command!
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-052230 · Read at SKS ↗
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