Sillen suuta suickajaisin

SKVR XII1 347·Pohjois-Pohjanmaa·1778·Collector: Porthan, Henrik Gabriel

In the SKVR edition: [Pohjanmaa.] Porthan, De poësi fennica IV, s. 84. -1778.

Song types: Jos mun tuttuni tulisi, Kun ois tuuli mielellinen

SKVR textEnglish

In alia, amoris sui constantiam testata sponsa, se a svaviando amico suo, modo comparuerit, non iri deterritum affirmat, si vel lupi sanguine os ejus esset adspersum, nec dubitaturam dextram dextræ ejus conjungere quamvis anguis in digitorum apicibus micaret, &c. Fennica verba sunt:

1Sillen suuta suickajaisin,Thus I would lick the mouth,

2Jos olis suu suden veressä;If the mouth were in wolf's blood;

3Sillen kättä kääppäjäisin,Thus I would clutch the hand,

4Jospa kärme kämmen-päässä.If a snake were in the palm's grasp.

5Olisko tuuli mielellisä,Would the wind be willing,

6Ahavainen kielellisä!The north wind with a tongue!

7Sanan toisi, sanan veisi,A word it would bring, a word take,

8Sanan lijan liikuttaisi,A word excessively it would stir,

9Kahden rackaan välillä. etc.Between two beloveds. etc.

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-062924 · Read at SKS ↗

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