Repo itki rieskutteli

SKVR V1 1290·Lempaala·1917·Collector: Räikkönen, Eino

In the SKVR edition: Lemp. Nenimäki. Räikk. 563. 17. Akulina Nikolajeva, o.s. Sorvali, 55 v. (inkerikko).

SKVR textEnglish

1Repo itki rieskutteli,The fox wept, wailed bitterly,

2Alla vuoren voivotteli:Beneath the hill, lamented:

3"Mis lie miun polon poijjain,"Where might my fiery sons be,

4Lieneeks soila, vaiko maila,Could they be in the marsh, or on land,

5Vai lie pitkillä vesillä,Or on the wide-open waters,

6Jok lie kynnet kylmenneet,Where claws might have frozen,

7Varpaat paleltunneet,Toes frostbitten stiff,

8Vai lie herran hermoloin,Or in the lord's sinew-snares,

9Papin paijjan kauluksiin,In the priest's tight collars,

10Piispan pitkiin hihoin?"The bishop's long sleeves?"

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.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.