Venäläinen on vainolainen
In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Rel. O, kons. v. n. 45. -88. Ryökkylä. Pedja Purmonen.
SKVR textEnglish
1Venäläinen on vainolainen,The Russian is the enemy,
2Souteloo, jouteloo,Row away, hurry away, (or: Swan-like, swiftly,)
3Nientä Nehvon kiertelöö.Around Nehvo's cape he circled,
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’ 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-031715 · Read at SKS ↗
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