Tule, surma, suota myöten
In the SKVR edition: Savitaipale. Kohonen, Anni n. 12. - 1919-20. Kylliälä. Olga Kylliäinen, 12 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tule, surma, suota myöten,Come, Death, along the swamp,
2Tallustele talvitietä,Trudge the winter road,
3Tuo kurikka tullessais,Bring the scourge when you come,
4Nappaa pahaa lasta!Seize the evil child!
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-023814 · Read at SKS ↗
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