Kaks on meitä ko kanasta

SKVR V2 816·Lempaala·1847·Collector: Reinholm, H. A.

In the SKVR edition: Lempaala, Kirkonk. Reinh. A III 69. 47.

SKVR textEnglish

1Kaks on meitä ko kanasta,Two of us like a chicken,

2Kaks on ko kanan pojaista,Two like the chicken's chicks,

3Ku kolmais olisi,If there were a third,

4Uus' linna ostettaisi,A new fortress would be bought,

5Tehtäis kivinen kirkkoA stone church would be built,

6Kivisist kalteristFrom stone bars,

7Selväll' meren seläll,On the clear sea's back,

8Lakialle Loatukalle,To high Ladoga's shores,

9Johon ei pääse Suomen sulhot.Where Finnish suitors can't reach,

10Suomen sulhot, linnan kosiot.Finnish suitors, castle's wooers.

11Naivat meijän omatkin sulhot,Even our own suitors wed,

12Verass nuo vihille vievät,In blood, they lead to vows,

13Paperiss papin etteen,On paper before the priest,

14Säteriss sänkyhyse.To the manor's bed.

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.

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