Kivi Kimmo Kammon poika
In the SKVR edition: Kiihtelysvaara. Vallaskangas n. 17. -11. Kati Parviainen.
SKVR textEnglish
Kiven loitsu.
1Kivi Kimmo Kammon poika,Stone-Kimmo, Kammo's son,
2Muan muna, pellon kakkara,Earth's egg, field's clod,
3Hullut huutaa kiveksi,The mad ones shout me into stone,
4Mainihtoot muan munaks',They name me earth's egg,
5Minä vehnätahtaaks',I strive to become wheat,
6Vier vehnäsnä mykynä,As strange wheat, as a sprout,
7Rukiisna tahtaana.As rye I am meant to be.
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-035516 · Read at SKS ↗
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