Koi kulki tietä myöden

SKVR X2 3385·Parkano·1852·Collector: Paldani, P. A.

In the SKVR edition: Parkano. Paldani n. 39. -52.

SKVR textEnglish

Koin sanat.

1Koi kulki tietä myöden,The creature walked along the path,

2Jesus tuli vastahan:Jesus came to confront him:

3Mihkä menet paha koi?"Where are you going, evil creature?"

4Käyn luita luistamahan,"I go to make bones slip loose,

5Jäseniä järsimähän,To gnaw apart limbs,

6Kulmia katkomahan.To shatter joints."

7Mene helvetin tuliseen järvehen,"Go to hell's fiery lake,

8Kussa ei koskaan kuu paista,Where the moon never shines,

9Eikä aurinko valoista!Nor the sun cast light!"

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.
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.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.