Ensimäinen enkeli
In the SKVR edition: Vihti. Enäjärvi-Haavio, E. 213. 32. Ida Vainio.
SKVR textEnglish
1Ensimäinen enkeli,First [was] the angel,
2Toinen tonkeli,Second [was] the prodder,
3Kolmas kontinpureja (konkeli),Third [was] the stump-biter (the crooked one),
4Neljäs neuloja (neitsykäinen),Fourth [was] the seamstress (the maiden),
5Viires viitakissa,Fifth [was] the thicket-cat,
6Kuures kultaknuppi,Sixth [was] the golden button,
7Seittämäs sepän emäntä,Seventh [was] the smith's mistress,
8Kahreksas - ? -Eighth... [missing descriptor]
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-086842 · Read at SKS ↗
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