Ihveroinen, ahveroinen
In the SKVR edition: Nilsiä? Krohn n. 13282. --1885.
SKVR textEnglish
Onginta-loitsu.
1Ihveroinen, ahveroinen,O perch, little perch,
2Tule onki ottamaan,Come take the fishing rod,
3Väkärauta vääntämään,To bend the iron hook,
4Siima suoraksi sipase,Make the line straight,
5Vapa vääräksi vetäse!Pull the reel into a curve!
6Nyt on ongen otto-aika,Now is the time to take the rod,
7Väkärauan vääntö-aika,The time to bend the hook,
8Kiverän koverrus-aika.The time to carve the frame.
9Anna, Antti, ahvenia,Give, Antti, perch,
10Pekka, pieniä kaloja!Pekka, small fish!
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-027607 · Read at SKS ↗
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