Viikon vuotin, kavvan katsoin
In the SKVR edition: Impilahti. Väisänen n. 299. -15.
SKVR textEnglish
1Viikon vuotin, kavvan katsoinI waited a week, I watched the track
2juoksuvan ison orosta;[I saw] a large stallion running forth;
3ei juossu ison orone,It did not run like a great stallion,
4eigä vierry veikkońi korja.Nor did my brother’s harness yield.
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 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-031567 · Read at SKS ↗
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