Kanaseni, kaunoseni
In the SKVR edition: Ilom. Lönnrot Q, n. 342. -28.
SKVR textEnglish
Lääväma'on sanat.
1Kanaseni, kaunoseni,My little hen, my fair one,
2nunnoseni, lintuseni,My little maiden, my bird,
3hyvin o'ot tehnyt kuin o'ot pannut,Well you have done as you have set,
4pah' on näh'ä, ei kipeä;Bad to behold, not sore;
5ota suuhuusi omaasi,Take into your mouth your own,
6alle haikuhammastesi,Beneath your split teeth,
7kivut kielesi nenään!Thrust pains with your tongue into [the] nose!
8Sula voi on sulattaissa etcMelted butter is to melt, etc.,
9sulem̄at sinun vihasi,Melt away your rages,
10läävässä läkerteliä,The prattler in the cowshed,
11sonnassa sokertelia,The sugarer in the bull’s stall,
12naisten vyölisten lukia,The counter of women’s girdles,
13avainten arvelia!The guesser of keys!
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-039644 · Read at SKS ↗
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