Virstan vastaan menisin
In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Lönnrot Q, n. 94. -38.
SKVR textEnglish
1Virstan vastaan menisin,I would go toward a virsta's measure,
2Vierten vierehen menisin,I would go beside a vierta's span,
3Supostellen suun etehen.Whispering/shaping before the mouth's front,
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.
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-032984 · Read at SKS ↗
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