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Ken katein kahtonoo

SKVR VII5 loitsut 3609·Kaavi·1885·Collector: Krohn, Kaarle

In the SKVR edition: Kaavi. Krohn n. 12403 a. -85. Niinivaara.

Song types: Linnunpyytäjän sanoja, Metsästäjän varautuminen kateita vastaan

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SKVR textEnglish
Kun linnun sai, niin ympäri jalkansa pujotteli ja loihti:
1Ken katein kahtonoo,Who looks with envy,
2Verta silmät vuotuvoon,Eyes flow blood,
3Rasvana rapattuvoon,As grease spatters down,
4Toinen verta, toinen vettä.One (eye) blood, the other water.

English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.

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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-039058 · Read at SKS ↗

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