Harmaa hevonen saapasjalka
In the SKVR edition: Sodankylä. PLK. N 40. -15. Kirkonkylän kk:n oppilaat.
SKVR textEnglish
1Harmaa hevonen saapasjalkaA gray horse, boot-footed,
2Meni kerran herran lattoon,Went once to the lord's barn,
3Teki siellä paljon pahaa.Caused much mischief there.
4Kips, kaps, koukkuun,*Snap, clatter, into the trap,*
5Koira meni loukkuun.The dog fell into the snare.
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-064751 · Read at SKS ↗
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