Mehiläinen mettä kanto
In the SKVR edition: Lempaala. Reinh. A IV 32. 47.
SKVR textEnglish
1Mehiläinen mettä kantoThe bee carried honey
2Ennen päivän nousemista,Before the sun's rising,
3Auringon ylenemistä,The sun's ascension,
4Kipiöille voiteheksi,As salve for the afflicted,
5Hoavoille pareneviksi.As healers for the wounds.
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.
- 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-020562 · Read at SKS ↗
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