Heijaa tuuti lasta
In the SKVR edition: Lappee? Kemppi, A n. 26-27. -1889. Hanhikemppi. Agneta Iitiä, 64 v. ja Eeva Kemppi, 45 v.
SKVR textEnglish
Surmaa toivova.
[26.]
1Heijaa tuuti lasta,Rock, hush the child,
2Tule, surma, vastaa!Come, Death, answer me!
[27.]
3Tule, surma, suota myöten,Come, Death, through the marshland,
4Tallaa talvitietä myöten,Tread the winter road's path,
5Säkk'järven jäätä myöten,Across Säkkijärvi's ice,
6Tapa likka, tapa lapsi,Kill the girl, kill the child,
7Lyö kurikalla kumpaakii!Strike both with the cudgel!
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-023810 · Read at SKS ↗
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