kanna kaaret Karjalaane
In the SKVR edition: Sakkola (Metsäpirtti) Neovius. 1189 b. ? Mari Kaaselaine.
SKVR textEnglish
Toisinto:
1kanna kaaret Karjalaane,main text line 5Carry the bows/yokes, Karelian,
2siel on poika puoli-öine.main text line 6There is a boy of half-night.
3Sitt vei pilvet Vennään moalle,main text line 14Then clouds took [him] to the Russian land,
4kantoi kaaret Karjalaane.The Karelian carried the bows/yokes.
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-022389 · Read at SKS ↗
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