Kuudama ei voi nousematta olla
In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. SSA. Reponen, Astrid. s. 4. -27. Latalampi. Ontrei Tiittanen, n. 70 v.
SKVR textEnglish
Makuutilalla ollessa oli luettava [pojan (tytön)] salaa kämmeneensä:
1Kuudama ei voi nousematta olla,The moonlight cannot exist without rising,
2niinkuin sie et voi minutta olla.just as you cannot exist without me.
3Kui päivä ei voi nousematta olla,As the sun cannot exist without rising,
4niin sie et voi minutta olla.so you cannot exist without me.
5Kui kala veittä ei voi olla,As a fish cannot exist without water,
6niin sie j.n.e.so you [and so on].
7Kui pätšissä hīlet palavat ollah,As the coals in the oven are burning,
8nīŋkuin šiun sydänalas minuh, palavuduis.just as beneath your heart, I am in flames.
[Kämmenellä sitten sivellään.]
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-040048 · Read at SKS ↗
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