Terve vesi, kultanen kuninkas
In the SKVR edition: Impilahti. Krohn n. 5470. -84. Syskynjärvi. Irma Hilipovna Kondrahti, yli 30 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Terve vesi, kultanen kuninkas,Hail water, golden little king,
2Terve veen piiat ta pojat, -Hail water's maidens and boys,
3Anna rauha, tervehys,Grant peace, [grant] health,
4Uija veteen heittyös!Let the swimmer plunge into the water!
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.
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-040638 · Read at SKS ↗
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