Kultakännä, lennä, lennä
In the SKVR edition: Sammatti. Nyberg, V. ja Ylänne, Y. 107. 15. Myllykylä. Maria Ylitalo.
SKVR textEnglish
1Kultakännä, lennä, lennä,Golden cup, fly, fly,
2Mistä minä miehen saan!From where shall I get a husband!
3Suamest taikka saarestFrom Finland or from an island,
4Taikka kivikirkon juurest?Or from the stone church's base?
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-087821 · Read at SKS ↗
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