Jo nytt vestin veikkoani
In the SKVR edition: Kitee. Polén n. 10. -47.
SKVR textEnglish
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2Jo nytt vestin veikkoani,Now already! I took my brother,
3Kirves luikasti lihaan,The axe glided into flesh,
4Polvehen pojan pätösen,Into the knee of the boy's cut,
5Varpahasen nuoren neion.The young maiden's toe.
[Raudan synnyssä, ks. SKL n. 391].
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-030792 · Read at SKS ↗
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