Ken tuuvalla tulloo?

SKVR III1 488·Soikkola·1861·Collector: Groundström, Oskar

In the SKVR edition: [Soikkola, Uusikylä]. Oskar Groundstroem. n. 191. 1861.

SKVR textEnglish

1Ken tuuvalla tulloo?Who comes along the path?

2Vello tuuvalla tulloo.Vello comes along the path.

3Mikä vellon hartialla?What is on Vello's shoulder?

4Kirves vellon hartialla.An axe is on Vello's shoulder.

5Mikä kirvehen kasassa?What is in the axe's pile?

6Lastu kirvehen kasassa.Wood shavings are in the axe's pile.

7Mihi lastu langiaa,Where do the shavings fall?

8Sihi kirkko salvetaa.There the church is built.

9Ken tuon kirkon kirjottaa?Who carves that church?

10Vello kirkon kirjottaa.Vello carves the church.

11Ken nuo seinät vestelöö?Who plasters those walls?

12Seto seinät vestälöö?The Seto plasters the walls.

13Ken nuo lastut lakajaa?Who gathers those shavings?

14Siso lastut lakajaa.Sister gathers the shavings.

15Marketta korea neitoMarketta, the fair maiden,

16Teki lapsen lastuloissa,Made a child in the shavings,

17Pojan porsahin sekaan.A boy among the piglets.

18Sepon nainen, selvä nainenThe smith's wife, the wise woman,

19Meni oltta ottamaan,Went to fetch ale,

20Taaria tavoittamaan,To obtain grain,

21Löysi lapsen lastuloista,Found the child in the shavings,

22Pojan porsahin seasta.The boy from among the piglets.

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 editors’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.
The edition’s line numbers are replaced by a number on every verse, counted as in the poem reader.
The editors’ notes, and the marks in the verses that point to them, are left out; they can be read at SKS.

Source

Text: SKVR (Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot), the digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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