Tys seiso, tys seiso
In the SKVR edition: Ikaalinen. Paldani. n. 75 e. -52.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tys seiso, tys seiso,Stand, stand,
2Seisoʿ, niinkun seinä,Stand like a wall,
3Asuʿ, niinkun aita,Stay like a fence,
4Niinkun kivi kovas' koskes',Like a stone in harsh rapids,
5Tyysty, niinkun yhleksän lautamiehen veri helvetissä.Steadfast, like nine jurors' blood in hell.
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-056438 · Read at SKS ↗
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