Lemminkäinen lieto poika
In the SKVR edition: Suistamo. Eur. G, n. 394. -46.
SKVR textEnglish
1Lemminkäinen lieto poikaLemminkäinen, the crafty youth
2Aina lähteä käkesiHe was ever bid to depart
3Luotolahan lankolahan,To the rocky islet, to the open meadow,
4Väinöläh sisärihinsä.To Väinölä’s inner chambers.
5Epäsi kavetta 2,He refused to shrink away,
6Kielti 3 luonnotarta.Forbade the Nature-Spirit herself.
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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.
- 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-031304 · Read at SKS ↗
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