Pois yskä lapsestai
In the SKVR edition: Metsäpirtti. Neovius 430. 8/9 88. Helena Tuokko.
SKVR textEnglish
Kun lapset rykkiit niin luetaan:
1Pois yskä lapsestai,Away, cough from your child,
2tuulell tuhajammoaa,with the wind, the destructive spirit,
3ahavaisen olkapäillon the shoulders of the cold wind,
4ennen toista torstakkii,before the next Thursday,
5tulevoaa tiistakkii,before the coming Tuesday,
6etsi isäntäis, etsi emäntäis,seek masters, seek mistresses,
7nouva perreen miehiees!rise into your household's men!
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-080740 · Read at SKS ↗
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