Pehmene rauta
In the SKVR edition: Karvia. Kaukamaa L. n. 195. -10/6 30. Sarankylä. Kaisa Panula, 75 v. Joku kulkumies opetti.
SKVR textEnglish
Raudan vihat.
Purtihin satuttanutta terää kolme kertaa ja pyyhittiin haavaa sanoen:
1Pehmene rauta,Soften, iron,
2Kovene rauta,Harden, iron,
3Niinko sinä pehmenit ko piru helvetis!As you softened [it], like the devil in hell!
Kirves ei silloin ikinä loukkaisi jalkaa.
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-056234 · Read at SKS ↗
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