Mikä tuoalla näkyy?

SKVR IV1 588·Kaprio·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Kaprio, Koporkka]. D. E. D. Europaeus. III 3. 140. 1853.

SKVR textEnglish

1Mikä tuoalla näkyy?What is visible there?

2Talo tuoalla näkyy.A house is visible there.

3Mikä tuon talon takana?What is behind that house?

4Tammi tuon talon takana.An oak is behind that house.

5Mikä tammen oxasilla?What is on the oak's branches?

6Vello tammen oxasilla.A brother on the oak's branches.

7Mitä vello tekee?What does the brother do?

8Kirvesvartta kirjuttaa.He carves an axe handle.

9Mikä vellon vyön takana?What is behind the brother's belt?

10Kirves vellon vyön takana.An axe behind the brother's belt.

11Mikä kirvehen kasassa?What is in the axe's woodpile?

12Lastu kirvehen kasassa.Wood shavings in the axe's pile.

13Kuhun lastu pringahtaa,Where do the shavings scatter?

14Sinne kirkko tehtänee.There a church shall be built.

15Kuka tuon kirkon kirjuttaa?Who will build that church?

16Pappi kirkon kirjuttaa.The priest will build the church.

17Kuka ikkunat tekee?Who makes the windows?

18Kokko ikkunat tekee,Kokko makes the windows,

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20Setoi seinät vestelee.Setoi adorns the walls.

21Kuka laavitsat latoo?Who stacks the tiles?

22Lanko laavitsat latoo.Brother-in-law stacks the tiles.

23Kuka lattian lakasi?Who swept the floor?

24Sisoi lattian lakasi;Sisoi swept the floor;

25Löysi kultaisen ommenan,She found a golden apple,

26Hopeaisen päähkinäisen,A silvery nut,

27Puolet söi, puolet peittiHalf she ate, half she hid

28Parvelle pataisen alle,Under the copper bench,

29Lie'en alle lehtisihin,Beneath the flame's leaves,

30Tuvan päälle turpehihin,Onto the cottage's peat,

31Koan päälle kolkkasihin,Onto the stall's nooks,

32Läävän päälle lääppäsiin,Onto the cowshed's mangers,

33Tallin päälle tappuroihin,Onto the stable's hayracks,

34Riihen päälle rikkasihin,Onto the barn's chaff,

35Saunan päälle sammalihin,Onto the sauna's moss,

36Aitan päälle aivinoihin.Onto the storehouse's rafters.

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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