Repo itki rellitteli
In the SKVR edition: [Uusikirkko?] Europ. K 390. 47.
SKVR textEnglish
1Repo itki rellitteli,The fox wept, wailed mournfully,
2Vuoren päällä vuikutteli:On the hilltop he howled:
3"Kussa lie polo poj'ani?"Where might my poor son be?
4Piispan pitkinä hihoina,As the bishop's long sleeves,
5Papin paian kauluksena."As the priest’s shirt collar."
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-072578 · Read at SKS ↗
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