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Jesus terhän

SKVR XI 2483·Laihia·1888·Collector: Nurmio, M.

In the SKVR edition: Laihia. Nurmio n. 794. -88. Maijaliisa Ström, 82 v.

Song type: Raudan lumous

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SKVR textEnglish
Kirveellä ei lyö jalkaansa,
kun hioessa lukee:
1Jesus terhän,Jesus, [the] bud,
2Marja varthen!Mary has grown!
niin kauvan kun hioo ja hiottua pyyhkii kirveen terää vasemaan reiteensä.

English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.

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-062337 · Read at SKS ↗

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