Anterus ylinen yrkä
In the SKVR edition: Eno? Lönnrot Q, n. 79-80. -37. Vrt. n. 350.
SKVR textEnglish
1Anterus ylinen yrkä,Anterus, the supreme fellow,
2Ylim̄äisen miehen poikaSon of the highest man,
3Teki tielle tetren pyyön,Made on the road a black grouse's snare,
4Rannalle revon ritasen,To the shore a fox's net,
5Kylän alle neion pyyön.Under the village, a maiden's snare.
6Vaan viikon Vipunen maan̄utBut Vipunen lay for a week,
7Vipujaan virittämästä.From setting his traps.
8Kävi tieltä tetren poika,The black grouse's son went from the road,
9Rannalta reponen puuttu,The fox was missing from the shore,
10Kylän alta neito nuori,From under the village, the young maiden,
11Käv - - -[She] wen...
12Kulmilla kuparikuusi.At the corners, a copper spruce.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-030854 · Read at SKS ↗
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