Paista, päivä, paimenille
In the SKVR edition: Metsäpirtti, Saaroinen. Neovius 168. 22/10 87. Juho Hämäläinen. Synt. v. 1868.
SKVR textEnglish
Paimenen laulu.
1Paista, päivä, paimenille,Shine, sun, upon the shepherds,
2älä kalan pyytäjill;do not [shine] on the fish-catchers;
3kalamies kalloi s(o)api,The fisherman gets rocks,
4paimen parka kuivaa leipää.the poor shepherd [gets] dry bread.
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6Tule tänne, tuttu mies,Come here, familiar man,
7tääl on pieni tupa mökki,here is a small cottage-hut,
8matala kuin kana-häkki!low as a chicken cage!
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
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