Ähky puhkuu ähmeröinen
In the SKVR edition: Laihia. Tarkkanen M, n. 42. -84. Jokioinen. Josef Ihamäki. Kertoi Esa Kylmäkorpi, kuollut 1867.
SKVR textEnglish
Ähyn sanat.
1Ähky puhkuu ähmeröinen,The gloom-panting ache heaves,
2Toinen poika tohmeroinen,The second boy, clumsy and crude,
3Tule huamenna meillen,Come tomorrow to our stead,
4Mustan lehmän ismaroillenTo the black cow’s swelling udders,
5Maholehmän makkaroillen.To the paunch-cow’s coiled guts.
6Mutta jos et tuu,But if you do not come,
7Niin et mitään saa.Then you’ll get nothing at all.
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-060969 · Read at SKS ↗
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