Ei nuo vaali vaimot kaikki
In the SKVR edition: Parikkala, Järvenpää. Helsingin suom. alkeisop. konv. XXXVIII, 29; Hannikainen, Tauno. 86. Mikko Riikonen, n. 60 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Ei nuo vaali vaimot kaikkiNot all those esteemed women
2Niinkuin vaali miun emoni,are like my esteemed mother,
3Vaali vaimo, oi paraini.Esteemed wife, oh my dearest.
4Kolmiste jo vello juoksiThrice already the brother ran,
5Yhtenä kesäisnä yönä,On one summer night,
6Kanto vettä kappasella,Carried water in a small bucket,
7Roppaeli roiskutteli,Splashed and spilled about,
8Pesi pientä poikoansa,Washed his little son,
9Luuli turvaksi tulevan.Believed he'd come to safety.
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-074750 · Read at SKS ↗
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