Ensimäinen enkeli
In the SKVR edition: Kemi. PLK. C 344. -15. Karihaaran kk:n oppilaat.
SKVR textEnglish
1Ensimäinen enkeli,First [is] the angel,
2Toinen tokka,Second [is] the lamb/flock,
3Kolmas kovanokka,Third [is] the hard-beak,
4Neljäs neulansilmä,Fourth [is] the needle-eye,
5Viides viikunapuu,Fifth [is] the fig tree,
6Kuudes kultanuppu,Sixth [is] the golden bud,
7Seitsemäs sellinpää,Seventh [is] the seal-head/cell-head,
8Kaheksas kanan jalka,Eighth [is] the hen's leg,
9Yhdeksäs yrttilarha,Ninth [is] the herb garden!
10Kymmenes kyntöhevonen.Tenth [is] the plow horse.
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 editors’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.
- 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-063777 · Read at SKS ↗
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