Pyhä rikka, pellon rikka
In the SKVR edition: Pielisj. Krohn n. 8778. -85.
SKVR textEnglish
Siikanen.
1Pyhä rikka, pellon rikka,Holy spirit, field's spirit,
2Mikä sinun tähä saatto,What brought you here,
3Saatto sammal huoneeseen?Brought moss into the house?
4Ulos muuttoo majoos,Move out from the huts,
5Ehtii elo-sijoos.Hasten to life's rightful place.
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-035992 · Read at SKS ↗
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