Lutikka latikan poika
In the SKVR edition: Nurmes. Krohn n. 9139. -85. Varpasen kylä. Matti Herranen l. Kettu.
SKVR textEnglish
1Lutikka latikan poika,Lutikka, son of Latikka,
2Päin seinään, selin mieheen.Face to the wall, back to the man,
3Jos sinä liikutat minuu,If you dare to stir me,
4Minä siunaan sinuu,I shall bless you,
5Jotta et sikii sinä ikänäSo that you never breed,
6Etkä poiji polvenaan.Nor bear children at your knee.
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 editors’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.
- 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-040488 · Read at SKS ↗
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