Koi kulki tietä myöten
In the SKVR edition: Isojoki. Aspelin J. R, Suomi II 9, s. 191. -1871. Kertojina noita Jumalan Heikki ja eräs noita-akka.
SKVR textEnglish
Koin sanat.
1Koi kulki tietä myöten,The pest walked along the road,
2Kristus tuli vastahan.Christ came to confront it.
3Kysy koilta:He asked the pest(s):
4Kuhunkas meet, koi?"Where are you going, pest?"
5Käyn luita luistahan,"I go to make bones slip loose,
6Jäseniä katkomahan.To break apart limbs."
7Ei koi, mee puita puremahan,"No, pest, go gnaw trees instead,
8Riviä repäisemähän.To tear apart the furrows."
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-060574 · Read at SKS ↗
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