Varas vie varkaalta
In the SKVR edition: Kokemäki. Sallgen. n. 15. -90.
SKVR textEnglish
1Varas vie varkaalta,A thief takes from a thief,
2piru pettää perkeleeltä,The devil deceives the devil,
3neitsyt Maria kantaa keppiä.Virgin Mary carries sticks.
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-056953 · Read at SKS ↗
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