Laiha poika Lappalainen
In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Lönnrot Q, n. 81. (KT, n. 16). -38.
SKVR textEnglish
1Laiha poika LappalainenThe meager boy from Lapland
2Piti viikoista vihoa,Nursed a wrath for weeks,
3Ampuaksensa käkesi,To shoot your ill-omened bird,
4Tappoakseen toivotteli.He desired to bring death.
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-030532 · Read at SKS ↗
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