Mäne pilvi Pietulaa
In the SKVR edition: Koivisto. Ss. Hoikkala 7. 32.
SKVR textEnglish
1Mäne pilvi Pietulaa,Go, cloud, to Pietula,
2siel vettä tarvitaa!There water is needed!
3Siel o lapset ristimättä,There are children unchristened,
4kaik viel kastamatta,all still unimmersed,
5kaik kaivot kuivaneet,all wells dried up,
6lähteet läkähtyneet.springs choked stagnant.
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-081720 · Read at SKS ↗
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