Anna, Antti, ahvenia
In the SKVR edition: Kaavi. Krohn n. 9986. -85. Niinivaara. Yrjö Sorsa. - Mp. Nurmeksessa.
SKVR textEnglish
1Anna, Antti, ahvenia,Grant, Antti, (us) perch,
2Pekka, pieniä kaloja!Pekka, (grant) small fish!
3Ota virku viittä syltä,Take the pole, five fathoms,
4Salko satoo syltä,A pole of a hundred fathoms,
5Jolla nostat louhikosta,With which you lift from the stony depths,
6Ajat pahosta paikonDrive away from the evil place,
7Meren suuria kalojaThe sea's great fish
8Tulla ongen ottamaanTo come take the hook,
9Suven suulla, karhun hampailla.With summer's mouth, with bear's teeth.
Sitte tulee kalat onkee ottamaan.
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-039178 · Read at SKS ↗
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