Kaks' on meitä kun kanaista

SKVR XIII1 270·Rautu·1854·Collector: Ahlqvist, A. E.

In the SKVR edition: Rautu. Ahlqvist A 432. 54.

SKVR textEnglish

1Kaks' on meitä kun kanaista,There are two of us like a pair,

2meitä kun kolmas olisiif a third of us existed,

3linnat liikuteltaisiin,castles would be moved,

4järvet järkyteltäisihin,lakes would be upheaved,

5linnat liioille sioille,castles to overflowing places,

6järvet järkyn portahille,lakes to trembling terraces,

7puut pitkät piroittelemme;we arrange the tall trees;

8tyvet teemme tynnöriksi,bases we make into barrels,

9keskipaikat kelleriksi,midsections into cellars,

10latvat laivan mastiloiksi,treetops into ship masts,

11pikariksi pienet oksat.small branches into goblets.

12Pikarista juovat piiat,From the goblet, maids drink,

13vanhat ämmät ämpäristä,old women from the bucket,

14neiot nuoret kappasesta,young maidens from the cup,

15myö pojat putellin suista.we boys from the bottle's mouth.

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.

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