Juokse vinttura vipuun
In the SKVR edition: Nilsiä. Krohn n. 10532. --1885. Siikajoki. Matti Taskinen.
SKVR textEnglish
Jänis.
1Juokse vinttura vipuun,Run, spindle, to the lever,
2Pyöräsilmä pyyvykseen!Wheel-eye, wipe yourself clean!
3Silmät tähtiä lukoo,Eyes count the stars,
4Paskat puita mittelöö.Excrement measures the trees,
5Iteki metän emäntä,Even the forest's mistress herself,
6Ota vihta viiakosta,Take a whisk from the thicket,
7Jalat virvota vitalla!Refresh legs with the whisk!
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-027461 · Read at SKS ↗
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