Älä sinä mettä lintu
In the SKVR edition: Mouhijärvi. Hahnsson J. A. n. 2. -53.
SKVR textEnglish
Vapsiaisen sanat.
1Älä sinä mettä lintu,Do not, you forest bird,
2Pikku lintu, syntistä viha.Little bird, (do not) hate the sinful, / or: Little bird, sinful anger,
3Nokkas paljo painakoon,May your beak press heavily,
4Taikka verta vuotakoon.Or may blood flow.
(Ei siinä saa nauraa.)
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 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-056624 · Read at SKS ↗
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