Hoi Kati kotikananen

SKVR IV1 527·Tyrö·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Tyrö, Kangas]. D. E. D. Europaeus. III 3. 79. 1853. [Siitkonen].

SKVR textEnglish

1Hoi Kati kotikananen,Hey Kati, little home-dweller,

2Kati kokkolinnukkinenKati, tiny bonfire-bird,

3Kauvan kasvo, riissoin viipyi,Long she grew, lingered in undressing,

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5Ei ätti ärjäellyt.Mother did not scold.

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7Toisen parven tuoppeloi,She tankarded the second tier,

8Neljännen pikariloi.Crafted the fourth goblet.

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10Alko ätti ärjäellä,Mother began to scold,

11Alkoit vellot vertaella,Brothers started to compare,

12Sisoit siivot soimaella.Sisters, the pure, began to reproach.

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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