Lappalainen kyyttösilmä

SKVR VII1 27·Korpiselkä·1846·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Korpis. (?) Eur. G, n. 278. -46. On kokoelmassa Melaselän ja Salmin kihlakunnan runojen välillä (KT n. 32).

SKVR textEnglish

1Lappalainen kyyttösilmä,Sámi-eyed watcher,

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3Vaka vanha VäinämöinenSteadfast old Väinämöinen,

4Viru siellä vuotta 5In Viru there he dwelled a year,

5Sekä 5 jotta 6,And so that,

6Jopa jotta 9 vuotta;Even for years beyond;

7Jo viimen lemexi muuttu,At last turned to warmth,

8Kasvo marjamättähäx.Grew into a berry mound.

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10Kuuli polven polttavaxFelt his knee burning,

11Nivelen varistavax,His joint crumbling,

12Niveltäh niukahutti,The joint was loosened,

13Jäsentäh järkähytti.The limb was shaken.

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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