Niin ennen Lappi laulo
In the SKVR edition: Pyhäjärvi. Krohn 2338. -84. Vuohtomäki. Heikki Rätteli, 29 v. Kuullut vaarilta.
SKVR textEnglish
Vark[aan] taika
Vaari-vainaa oli ottanna sammakon kiini ja sitonna semmoseen leppäseen naulaan kiini, punasella langalla sitonna. Sitte oli loihtinna:
1Niin ennen Lappi laulo,Thus long ago Lapland sang,
2Vihki vanha vierrätteliThe old consecrator performed rites,
3Poron poikimasijolla,At the reindeer's calving ground,
4Lapin lapsitanterilla -On Lapland's child-nurturing earth.
5Minä panen sunI command you
6Kitumaan Kinninkäisen,To toil at Kinninkäinen,
7Parkumaan Panninkaisen.To wail at Panninkäinen.
8Et pääse sinä ilmossa (ikänä),You'll never escape freely,
9Ennenkun käyt työsi tunnustamassa.Before confessing your deeds.
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.
- The editors’ notes, and the marks in the verses that point to them, are left out; they can be read at SKS.
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-070631 · Read at SKS ↗
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