Ves on vanhin veljeksist
In the SKVR edition: Lempaala - Sakkola (Metsäpirtti) Neovius. 151. 12/3 91. Larin Paraske.
SKVR textEnglish
(Luku kun myöhän käyvään tuvast tulta sammuttuaan).
1Ves on vanhin veljeksist,Water is the eldest of the brothers,
2tuli nuorin tyttäristy;[she] came youngest from the daughters;
3ves vanha valvomaa,Let the old water keep watch,
4valkia makkaamaan!the bright one to bed!
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.
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-022391 · Read at SKS ↗
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