Taivaassa oli kultainen portti
In the SKVR edition: Alatornio. PLK. A 2159. -15. Ylivojakkalan kk:n oppilaat.
SKVR textEnglish
1Taivaassa oli kultainen portti,In the sky was a golden gate,
2Siuseinä verkan luista,The side wall from a squirrel's(?) bones,
3Peräseinä peuran luista,The back wall from a deer's bones,
4Lauvaseinä lampaan luista,The barn wall from a sheep's bones,
5Oviseinä orvon luista.The door wall from an orphan's [or bear's?] bones,
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-062805 · Read at SKS ↗
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