Lappalainen, laiha poika
In the SKVR edition: Suojärvi. Eur. H, n. 151. -46. KT:ssa arvelee J. Krohn runon olevan Suojärven eteläpäästä, Salmin rajalta (KT, n. 48).
SKVR textEnglish
1Lappalainen, laiha poikaA Sámi boy, a lean youth,
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3Kupli 6 vuotta,Swelled through the year,
4Siih kasvo kaunis saarut,There grew fair islands,
5Saarelle kaunis sarikko.To the island, a fair spit.
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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.
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-030523 · Read at SKS ↗
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