Hoip on sotka, suoralintu

SKVR VII1 3·Suistamo·1846·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Suistamo. Eur. G, n. 411. -46. Luomisrunon säkeitä runossa "Näitkö taattoistani".

SKVR textEnglish

1Hoip on sotka, suoralintu,Hark, the goldeneye, the straight-flying bird,

2Lennät sinä liiat linnat,You fly through countless domains,

3Tunnet sinä suuret tuulet,You know the mighty winds,

4Siipi taivosta tapasi,One wing has touched the heavens,

5Toinen vettä viepraeli.The other glides through waters,

6Näitkö minun taatoista?Have you seen my forefathers?

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9Hoi ot sotka, suora lintu,Hark, o goldeneye, straight bird,

10Lennät sinä liiat linnat,You fly through countless domains,

11Tunnet sinä suuret tuulet,You know the mighty winds,

12Heinän päässä henkäelet,At grass-tips, spirit-whispers,

13Ruohon päässä ruokaelet.At herb-tops, life-sustenance,

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16Hoi on sotka, suora lintu.Hark, the goldeneye, straight bird.

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.

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