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Nikki näkki

SKVR VII5 Metsäs. 52·Östmark·1931·Collector: Juvas, Maija

In the SKVR edition: Östmark, Mulltjärn. Juvas, Ss. -31. Kaisa Vilhuinen.

Song type: Uimaan mennessä

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SKVR textEnglish
1Nikki näkkiNikki the water spirit
2seulasäkkiSieve-sack
3katin hueŕpoeka,The cat's bastard son,
4jessukseŋ kerävaras,Jesus' gathering-thief,
5elä minuo vie,Do not take me,
6vie kiviä ja hiekkoa!Take stones and sand instead!
[Hakusana: näkki.]

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-040758 · Read at SKS ↗

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