Isä meidän, iltten kiltten
In the SKVR edition: Mouhijärvil. Laine T. n. 155. -93.
SKVR textEnglish
1Isä meidän, iltten kiltten.Our Father, marked by evenings.
2Aaprahami kultten kaltten.Abraham's golden kin.
3Pyhät luut, pyhät jäsenet;Holy bones, holy limbs;
4pyhät kirkon pihtipielet,Holy church's threshold edges,
5potkasi portin, kaato kaalinKicked the gate, felled the foe,
6lietehen, helmen nappiseen.into the mire, to seize the pearl.
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-055943 · Read at SKS ↗
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