Ken katteen katsonuoo
In the SKVR edition: Metsäpirtti. Neovius 128. 8/10 87. Helena Tuokko. Synt. v. 1834.
SKVR textEnglish
Katteen luku.
1Ken katteen katsonuoo,Who has gazed upon the veil,
2kiero silmin keksinyöö,with twisted eyes devised [harm],
3silmät vettä vuotakuoot,let their eyes flow water,
4ränteää räpätäkköö,let sleet spatter [their eyelids],
5silmä vettä, toine verta!one eye water, the other blood!
6Kuiva kuusi kasvakooLet a dry spruce grow
7katteen nenän ett(i)een!before the veil’s snout!
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-080038 · Read at SKS ↗
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