Lemmon seppä

SKVR VII1 325·Ilomantsi·1888·Collector: Relander, O.

In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Rel. O, kons. v. n. 27. -88. Hattupää.

SKVR textEnglish

1Lemmon seppäSmith of Lempi / Lemmon's smith

2Tako pajassa ovettomas,Forged in a doorless smithy,

3Ilman ikkunattomas,In a windowless [smithy],

4Piti pihtiä hiilissi.Kept bellows in the coals.

5Rauasta rakenteli,Built from iron,

6Teräksestä teki.Made from steel.

7Teki vuorella venettä,Crafted a boat on the mountain,

8Kallivolla kalkutteli.Hammered on the cliff.

9Pani koaret katajaiset,Set juniper oars,

10Jolla souti somasti,With which he rowed deftly,

11Meni kovoh koskeh,Went into harsh rapids,

12Laski laivan alas koskeen kovaan.Launched the ship down into the fierce rapid.

13Siitä pyytäjä pyyteli.Then the suitor made his plea.

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[Jatko lohen pyyntöä.]

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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