Mato musta maan alainen
In the SKVR edition: Laihia. Tanner n. 7. -80.
SKVR textEnglish
Käärmehen sanat.
1Mato musta maan alainenBlack worm beneath the earth,
2Toukka tuonen karvainen,Hairy grub of Tuoni's realm,
3Tule sä vikas tuntemahan.Come, swift one, to discern,
4Haavas parantamahan,To heal the wound,
5Mesi keitä kielelläsi.Brew honey with your tongue,
6Suon karva, kanervan karva,Swamp's fiber, heather's fiber,
7Maan karva, mataran karva,Earth's fiber, bedstraw's fiber,
8Pajun karva pantehinen.Willow's fiber, the enchanted one.
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-061224 · Read at SKS ↗
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