Ensimäinen enkeli

SKVR XII1 1178·Tornio·1916·Collector: Tamelander, Sylvi

In the SKVR edition: Tornio. Tamelander, S. 16. -16.

SKVR textEnglish

1Ensimäinen enkeli,First angel,

2Toinen tonkeli,Second digger/poker,

3Kolmas konttipuoli,Third stump-legged half,

4Neljäs neitsykäinen,Fourth little maiden,

5Viides villahäntä,Fifth wool-tail,

6Kuudes kuningas,Sixth king,

7Seitsemäs sepän emäntä,Seventh smith's mistress,

8Kahdeksas kalanonkija,Eighth fish-hooker,

9Yhdeksäs ylpeä,Ninth proud one,

10Kymmenes kylän pappi,Tenth village priest,

11Jonka nenästä tupsahtiFrom whose nose sprang

12Syllän mittainen tappi.A span-long wooden plug.

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.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.