Tule, surma, suota myöten
In the SKVR edition: Mäntyharju. Kantele, Toini n. 51. -1913. Anna Tihlman, ompelijatar, 40 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tule, surma, suota myöten,Come, Death, along the marsh,
2Sijo lapsen silmät kii,Close the child's eyes shut,
3Että saisin syyvväksei,So I would not need to eat,
4Nuoret maijot juuvvaksei!Young maidens would not need to drink!
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-023817 · Read at SKS ↗
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