Maa pidätä matos
In the SKVR edition: Viljakkala. Mattila M. E. n. 300. -31. Viljakkalan kylä. Kalle Paijala, 76 v. (Kuuli Hopun Manulta.)
SKVR textEnglish
Käärmeen pidätyssanat.
1Maa pidätä matos,Earth, hold the worms,
2pyhä henki perkele!Holy Spirit [and/or] devil!
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-057020 · Read at SKS ↗
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