En koske omin käsin

SKVR VI2 5307·Iisalmi·1815·Collector: Arwidsson, A. I.

In the SKVR edition: Iisalmi. Arvidsson ja Crohns 371: 10 n. 12 a. -- [1815--20.] Juhana Heikki Repo.

SKVR textEnglish

Kuoharin sanat.

1En koske omin käsin,I do not touch with my own hands,

2En puhu omalla suulla,I do not speak with my own mouth,

3Puhun suulla puhtaalla,*I speak with a pure mouth,*

4Herran hengellä hyvällä,*With the Lord’s good spirit,*

5Ettei maito maahan juoxe,Lest the milk flow to the earth,

6Piimä peltoon piraa.The curds spill into the field.

7Kust on suonta suljahtanna,Where the vein has closed,

8Siihen suonet solmielen,*There, the veins to knot,*

9Lummen Luoja luikahutan,I bow, Creator, to release,

10Läpi taivahan yhdexän,Through nine heavens,

11Taivas puolen kymmenettä.The sky half of the tenth.

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’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.
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.

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