Ähkä poika ähmeröinen
In the SKVR edition: Jalasjärvi. Koski n. 3. -88-89. Keskikylä. Ulriika Myllyniemi, 45 v. Kuuli Kaappo Topparilta Peräseinäjoen Ahonkylässä.
SKVR textEnglish
1Ähkä poika ähmeröinen,Groaning lad, the clumsy one,
2Toinen poika tohmeroinen,Second lad, the bungling one,
3Meran vaskesta valettu,Cast from Merä's copper,
4Koivun kuorista koattu.Crafted from birch-bark strips,
5Otan kontiolta koivet,I take legs from the bear,
6Varikselta varpahat,Claws from the crow,
7Joilla mä ähkää kämähytän.With these, I trip up Ähkä.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-060935 · Read at SKS ↗
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