Isämeidä ilttenkatten
In the SKVR edition: Hämeenkyrö. Heikkilä. n. 46. -12/3 04. Vesajärvi. Juho Muotia, 60 v. Kuullut lapsena.
SKVR textEnglish
Isämeitä.
1Isämeidä ilttenkatten,Our Father of the evening veils,
2Aaprahami kulttenkaltten,Of Abraham's golden kind,
3Pyhät luut, pyhät jäsenet,Holy bones, holy limbs,
4Pyhät kirkon pihtipiälet,Holy church's arching thresholds,
5Potkasi porttiin,Kicked [it] into the gate,
6Kaatu kaalin lieteelle,Fell, Kaali, into the mire,
7Helmen nappis.Seized 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.
- 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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-055948 · Read at SKS ↗
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