Tule surma suota myöten
In the SKVR edition: Kirvu. Suomalainen, J. 227. 17.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tule surma suota myöten,Come, Death, along the swamp,
2Nappaa, nappaa tietä myöten,Seize, seize along the path,
3Lyö kurikal' kumpastakkiiStrike the crook from both sides,
4Likkaa sekä lasta!The girl and the child!
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.
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-076975 · Read at SKS ↗
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