Isä jes, nainen pes
In the SKVR edition: Kontilahti. Rytkönen A, n. 1481. -95. Jakokoski. Riikonen. n. 55 v. Kuuli Riikoselta Venäästä.
SKVR textEnglish
Isämeitä.
1Isä jes, nainen pes,Father, oh, woman wash, / Father, oh, woman cleanse,
2tosmottiite apriiteet,They confirmed, they deliberated,
3vojet sets, jokkunoinen pes,Butter here, a small washed one, / Butter here, a little nest,
4iloisempi leipä,The more joyful bread,
5nois, nois nius tasmalles.Rise, rise thus steadily!
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 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-035231 · Read at SKS ↗
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