Kivi kimmo, mammon lapsi
In the SKVR edition: Iisalmi ja Kiuruvesi. Arvidsson ja Crohns 371: 10 n. 31. -[1815-20.]
SKVR textEnglish
Kiven synty.
1Kivi kimmo, mammon lapsi,Stone's kin, earth-mother's child,
2Syöjättären syön kerijä,Gatherer of the Devourer's feast,
3Mamman maxan kappaleita.Pieces of the Mother's liver,
4Jos poika pahon tekiisi,If the boy wrought evil deeds,
5Eli turhin turmeleisi,Or the fool brought ruin,
6Tule työs tuntemaan,Come know your task now,
7Vikaisi parantamaan,To mend and make whole,
8Alta aivan terveexi,From below, wholly healed,
9Keskee kivuttomax,At the core, free of pain,
10Vieriltä viattomax!From all sides, unmarred!
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.
- The editors’ notes, and the marks in the verses that point to them, are left out; they can be read at SKS.
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-025981 · Read at SKS ↗
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