Siikanen sinun nimesi
In the SKVR edition: Kivij. Krohn 3433 a. 84. Kinnula. Juho Ahola, n. 55 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Siikanen sinun nimesi,Little Whitefish is your name,
2Pihan rikka, pellon sonta,Yard's riches, field's fertile dung,
3Kummun kultanen orava.Hillock's golden squirrel.
4Hyvin teit, kun menit,Well you did when departing,
5Paremmin tiet, kun palaat.Better still when returning.
6Synkkä salo eessäsi,Dark wilderness before you,
7Suuri vuori vierelläsi,Great mountain at your side,
8Sininen taivas pääsi päällä,Blue sky crowning your head,
9Lieka meri takanasi.Coiling sea behind you,
(toisen lisäys, viimenen pääsana).
10Pellon päähinen jumala!Field-crowned god!
(Sen ne sitte hiljaa sanoo, ettei kukaan kuule, kun ne loihtii.)
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 editors’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.
- 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-053123 · Read at SKS ↗
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