Kullervo Kalervon poika
In the SKVR edition: Suistamo. Eur. G, n. 441. -46.
SKVR textEnglish
1Kullervo Kalervon poikaKullervo, Kalervo's son
2Läxi soitellen sotah.Went playing to war.
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4"Saan minä mukoman taaton,"I shall get a fine father,
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6Ruotsin suuresta soasta.From Sweden's great swamp.
7Jal'at koivun käkkyrästä."Legs from a birch's crook."
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9Itse eelleh menevi.He himself went onward.
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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.
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-031461 · Read at SKS ↗
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