Ken katteen katsokoo
In the SKVR edition: Sakkola (Metsäpirtti) Neovius. 1187 b. ? Anna Liisa Kelo.
SKVR textEnglish
Toisinto:
1Ken katteen katsokoo,main text line 1Whoever gazes at the cover,
2kolmas ko'an nokkii.main text line 5The third [one] pecks the dog's beak,
3kissan kirjavaan rekkeen,main text line 7Into the cat's piebald sled,
4kukon mustan rattahille.Onto the black rooster's wheels,
5lepän oksat levitkööt,Let the alder's branches spread,
6koivun oksat korotkoot,Let the birch's branches rise,
7haavan oksat hajotkoot,Let the aspen's branches scatter,
8ei tämä ilmisen ihonen!This is no earthly creature!
9paha painu, älä ylene!Evil, sink down, do not rise!
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-022284 · Read at SKS ↗
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