Killi meni mettään

SKVR VIII 3284·Halikko·1850·Collector: Reinholm, H. A.

In the SKVR edition: Halikko. SMY: Reinholm 98-100, s.99.

SKVR textEnglish

1Killi meni mettäänKilli went into the forest

2Soime meni kanssa.Soimi went along.

3Killi istui kiven päälläKilli sat on a stone.

4Soimi syö marjoja.Soimi eats berries.

5Hyvä Killi, k.k.Good Killi, dear Killi,

6vie mun karjan kottiitake my cattle home,

7Ej Härkä ryyppä vettäLet the ox not gulp water,

8- vesi samut valkiaawater’s foam whitens,

9- valkia polta tankoowhiteness burns the pole,

10- t. lyö koukoothe pole strikes the hook,

11- kouko syö härkääthe hook devours the ox,

12Ei härkä kuokas koukooThe ox didn’t dig the hook,

13Ei kouko syö koiraathe hook doesn’t eat the dog,

14(Ei k. pure killii- -)(The [hook/dog] doesn’t bite Killi-

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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.
The editors’ notes, and the marks in the verses that point to them, are left out; they can be read at SKS.

Source

Text: SKVR (Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot), the digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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