Heija, houva lasta
In the SKVR edition: Lemi, Savitaipale. Jäkälä, J. n. 18. -1891.
SKVR textEnglish
1Heija, houva lasta,Heija, rock the child,
2Tule surma vastaan,Come face death,
3Lyö kurikalla kumpaakin,Strike both with the rod,
4Hönniä sekä lasta!The specter and the child!
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 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-023439 · Read at SKS ↗
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