Ahven, antti, ankerias
In the SKVR edition: Kangasniemi. Kuitunen, O. n. 51. --6/3 1911. Unnukkala. Edvart Lappalainen. Kuullut kotikylässään Hokassa.
SKVR textEnglish
Onkimiehen luku.
1Ahven, antti, ankerias,Perch, burbot, eel,
2Tule onkea ottamaan,Come seize the fishing hook,
34 väkärautaa vääntämään,To twist the barbed iron,
43 lieraa lipaisemaan!To taste the fish trap!
5Hui kolmasti!Ho! Thrice called!
(Syläisten.)
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-027583 · Read at SKS ↗
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