Laulaisin lyhyen virren
In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Lönnrot Ub, n. 38. -38. Kontiovaara. Mateli Kuivalatar.
SKVR textEnglish
1Laulaisin lyhyen virren,I would sing a short hymn,
2Tihiämmin tulkuttaisin,I would interpret the denser [song],
3Pitem̄ältä piisoapi.The longer one suffices.
4Ryyppeän vajoisen ryypin,I would swig a lacking drink,
5Pitem̄ältä piisoaa,The longer one suffices,
6Useam̄in juoa saam̄e.We get to drink more often.
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-032106 · Read at SKS ↗
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