Leävä-mato lälleröinen
In the SKVR edition: Juva. Ahlman-Poppius n. 40. -1813. Ahlmanin jäljentämä Poppiuksen kokoelmasta 1858.
SKVR textEnglish
Leäwä-mawolle.
1Leävä-mato lälleröinen,Wriggling worm, dangling creature,
2Piha-rikka, pellon siemen,Yard-pest, field's sprouting blight,
3Ei sua emosi käskennäYour mother did not bid you
4Peätäis pystyssä pitämään;To stand defiantly upright;
5Mene mättäihen lävite,Go burrow through the anthills,
6Pujottele puistikossa,Squirm within the garden's rows,
7Halki kirvehen hamaran,Through the axe-handle's narrow split,
8Läpi kuuman neulan silmän!Through the hot needle's eye!
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-026442 · Read at SKS ↗
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