Läksi viemän ver̄oa
In the SKVR edition: Lempaala. Reinh. A IV 57. 47.
SKVR textEnglish
1Läksi viemän ver̄oa,Set out to take away tax,
2Maarahoja maksamahaTo pay the land-taxes,
3Omalla orikalla.With his own stallion.
4Löin oria ohjaksilla,I struck the stallion with reins,
5Rappasin ratustimilla.I jingled the harness rings,
6Oro juoksi, matka joutu,The stallion ran, the journey sped,
7Reko vieri, tielle vei,The sled rolled, it led to the road,
8Saahka rautanen ramaji,The iron sled-runner creaked,
9Vemmel kultanen kumaji.The golden reins jingled.
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.
- The editors’ notes, and the marks in the verses that point to them, are left out; they can be read at SKS.
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-017328 · Read at SKS ↗
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