Minäpä souvvatan lasta
In the SKVR edition: Kiuruvesi. Meriläinen, P. n. 9. -1911.
SKVR textEnglish
1Minäpä souvvatan lastaI indeed shall nurture the child
2Pienen kakkaran eistä,For the sake of the little swaddled one
3Jos ei kakkarata anneta,If the little one is not granted
4Niin antaapa paupan seista.Then let the malediction stand
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-023631 · Read at SKS ↗
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