Läkkä höyhe höytämeää
In the SKVR edition: Pyhäjärvi. Neovius 519. 5/1 89. Varpu Matikainen. Synt. v. 1825 ?
SKVR textEnglish
1Läkkä höyhe höytämeää,Set the down afloat,
2kuko sulka suoltamoaa!Cuckoo's feather to the swamp-land!
3Läkkä(än?) siskot silla(n) peäälle,Place the sisters on the bridge's edge,
4läkkä(än?) veikkoset Venneehie!Set the brothers into the boats!
5Siskoloilta silta taittu,From the sisters, the bridge broke,
6veikolta vene hajosi,From the brother, the boat shattered,
7jäivät sormet soutimeks,Fingers remained as oars,
8kämmenet käsimeloiks.Palms as hand-paddles.
9Souva sormet sille moaalle,Fit the fingers for that land,
10millä moaall ovat puut punaset,Where on the land are red trees,
11puut punaset, moaat siniset,Red trees, blue lands,
12keltaset petäjä kerkät,Yellow pine trunks,
13vaskiset kataja varvat,Copper juniper twigs,
14hopiaiset honga oksat.Silvery spruce branches.
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-071720 · Read at SKS ↗
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