Terve löyly, terve lämmin!
In the SKVR edition: Sakkola, Kirkonkylä. Neovius 54. 27/9 87. Simo Hatakka, kotoisin Metsäpirtistä. Synt. v. 1828.
SKVR textEnglish
Saunan luku.
1Terve löyly, terve lämmin!Hale steam, hale warmth!
2Ei ole löylyy löytämistä,There is no finding of steam,
3saunan saamista mittään.no obtaining of the sauna at all.
4Vesi kuumille kiville,Water to the hot stones,
5löyly saunan sammalille,steam to the sauna's moss,
6vitsaset (nyt) viruttamaan,(Now) to steep the whisks,
7koivuset korottamaan,to raise the birch twigs,
8lehen kannat kasvattamaan,to grow the leaf's stalks,
9kipiän parannemaan!to heal the ache!
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-080803 · Read at SKS ↗
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