Joulu tule, jouta kyllä
In the SKVR edition: Uusikirkko. Saarimaa E. A. 512. 02. Herman Itänen eli Sokea Herman.
SKVR textEnglish
1Joulu tule, jouta kyllä,Christmas come, hurry promptly,
2avap_portti, annat_tulla.Open the gate, let us enter.
3Kylläs meijäm_portin_tunne:You know our gate well:
4tervaristi, rautarengas,A tarred crossbar, an iron ring,
5pukisarvises sarana.A goat-horned hinge.
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-042333 · Read at SKS ↗
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