Itki piiat, itki piltit
In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Lönnrot Ub, n. 85 b. -38. Kontiovaara. Matleena Kuivalatar.
SKVR textEnglish
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2Itki piiat, itki piltit,The maidens wept, the lads wept,
3Itki itsekki Väinämöinen,Even Väinämöinen himself wept,
4Vesi juoksi silmistänsäWater ran from his eyes,
5Kaunihille kasvoillenOnto his fair cheeks,
6Noropohjaan norahti,Sank into Noropohja's depths,
7Siitä kasvo kaunis tam̄i.From there grew a fair oak.
[Laivaretkessä, ks. n. 608].
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.
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-030765 · Read at SKS ↗
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