Ähky poika ähveröinen
In the SKVR edition: Keuru. Alkula n. 2*. -90.
SKVR textEnglish
Ähyn sanat.
1Ähky poika ähveröinenGroaning boy, beaver-clumsy
2Toinen poika tohveroinenAnother boy, bumbling-foolish
3Tuonne ma sun manaanThere I send you to the death-realm
4Soillen vetelillenTo the soggy swamps
5Jossa ei kulje ilman linnutWhere no birds travel the skies
6Eikä varpuset vajellaNor sparrows chirp-tremble
7Jmmee mommee[Mumble-murmur] (untranslatable sound)
8Taijampa minä paremminYet I might know better
9Kun harjan teränThan the broom's edge
10Terävämmän kun partaveitsi.Sharper than a razor
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-057958 · Read at SKS ↗
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