Impijainen, ampijainen
In the SKVR edition: Nurmes. Krohn n. 9337. -85.
SKVR textEnglish
Ampijainen.
Kun pesälle mänöö, niin pitää sylkästä ja panna:
1Impijainen, ampijainen,Maiden-like one, shooter-like one,
2Paha lintu paarijainen,Evil bird, perched dweller,
3Ammu puita, ammu muita,Shoot trees, shoot others,
4Ammu auhtoja ahoja,Shoot barren glades,
5Vaan älä minuu.But spare me.
6Jos sinä ammut minuu,If you shoot me,
7Niin minä siunoon sinuu,Then I will curse you,
8Jotta et sikii sinä ikänäSo you never breed,
9Etkä poiji polvenaan.Nor hatch offspring in their turn.
(Silloin saapi panna vaikka poveensa.)
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-036379 · Read at SKS ↗
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