En tuosta isoa kiitä
In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Lönnrot Q, n. 95. -38.
SKVR textEnglish
1En tuosta isoa kiitä,I do not praise that great one,
2En kovin emoanik:Nor act very mother-like:
3Teki korpehen kotiisa,They made a home in the wilderness,
4Kankaalle kamarinsa.To the upland forest their chamber.
5Eipä tunne tuhmat tulla,The foolish know not to come,
6Äkki outoset osaaSuddenly strangers know the way –
7Ilman tien teloittamata,Without paths being guided,
8Ilman merkin heittämätä.Without signs being cast.
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-032489 · Read at SKS ↗
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