Surma tullee suota myöten
In the SKVR edition: Lavansaari. Suomalainen, J. 204. 17.
SKVR textEnglish
1Surma tullee suota myöten,Death comes along the swamp,
2Tauti talvitietä myöten.Disease comes along the winter road,
3Taati tullee Tallinasta,The old man comes from Tallinn,
4Nanna Narvan kaupungista,Nanna from Narva city,
5Vello tullee Viipurista,Vello comes from Vyborg,
6Siso tullee Soikkolasta,Siso comes from Soikkola,
7Setä tullee Suomenmaalta,Uncle comes from Finland,
8Eno tullee Englannista,Maternal uncle from England,
9Täti tullee taapertaa,Aunt comes toddling,
10Kummi käyvä kaapertaa.Godparent goes snatching.
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.
- The editors’ notes, and the marks in the verses that point to them, are left out; they can be read at SKS.
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-077028 · Read at SKS ↗
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