Ken katteen katsonoo
In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Sohvola. Pajula 668. 94. Lukeri Melikova, 37 v. Kreik. usk.
SKVR textEnglish
1Ken katteen katsonoo,Who gazes with the eye's stare,
2Kierosilmin keksinöö,With cunning eyes perceives,
3Silmät seipään nennään,Eyes turned to wooden stakes,
4Kiel' keihään nennään!Tongue to a spear's point sharpened!
5Silmät vettä vuotamaan,Eyes made to pour water,
6Räntää räpättämään,Sleet to flutter [in them],
7Veskarvat kasvamaan,Eyelashes to grow thick,
8Virtaan vivahtakkoot!May they bend to the stream's flow!
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-020383 · Read at SKS ↗
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