Vesi pelästymmää
In the SKVR edition: Koivisto, Humaljoki. Juvas, M. 18. 35. Heikkolan emäntä, kot. Seiskarista.
SKVR textEnglish
Kun lapsia kylvetettiin:
1Vesi pelästymmää,The water startles itself,
2Lapset ihastummaa,The children marvel in wonder,
3Vesi maaha vieremää,The water spirals into the earth,
4Lapset suureks kasvamaa!The children grow into greatness!
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-080705 · Read at SKS ↗
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