Yksi oksa syyäksesi
In the SKVR edition: Varpaisjärvi. Krohn n. 13821 b. --1885. Kärsämäki. Risto Ryynänen, 62 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Yksi oksa syyäksesi,One branch for your eating,
2Toinen poikki purraksesi,Another for your biting to pieces,
3Kolmanteen kuoltaksesi.To the third for your dying.
4Se on oksa kuin oriin värkki,That branch is like a stallion's device,
5Pure poikki purskauta!Bite it apart, make it burst!
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-027468 · Read at SKS ↗
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