Repo itki riukutteli
In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Alakylä. Saxbäck 276 b. 59. Ks. 117.
SKVR textEnglish
1Repo itki riukutteliThe fox wept, wailed repeatedly
2Alla vuoren voivotteli:Beneath the mountain, he lamented:
3"Miss lie miun polloin poijain,"Where might my dear sons be,
4Linnun laihan lapsueni?"My bird-lean little children?"
5Kuningaihen kukkasinna,With the kings' flowers,
6Herroin hetulehinna,With the lords' collars,
7Piispan pitkinnä hihoinna,With the bishop's long sleeves,
8Papin paijan kauluksinna.With the priest's white collars.
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-017780 · Read at SKS ↗
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