Kukko meni kylpömään
In the SKVR edition: Asikk. Aaltonen. HO 1 850. 14. Hillilä. Iita Erkintytär, 64 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Kukko meni kylpömään,The rooster went to bathe,
2Kana anto vettä,The hen gave water,
3minä menin koivusta vihtaa taittaan.I went to break a bath whisk from the birch.
4- Korie koivu, kaunis koivu,Fair birch, beautiful birch,
5anna mulle vihtaGive me the bath whisk.
6"En minä sulle vihtaa anna,"I won't give you the bath whisk,
7kunnes sä mulle rihmaa tuo".until you bring me thread."
8- Korie neiti, kaunis neiti,Fair maiden, beautiful maiden,
9anna mulle rihmaa.Give me thread.
10"En minä sulle rihmaa anna,"I won't give you thread,
11kunnes sä mulle kenkiä tuo".until you bring me shoes."
12Korie suutar, kaunis suutar,Fair shoemaker, beautiful shoemaker,
13anna mulle kengät.Give me shoes.
14"En minä sulle kenkiä anna,"I won't give you shoes,
15kunnes sä mulle harjaksia tuo".until you bring me bristles."
16- Korie possu, kaunis possu,Fair pig, beautiful pig,
17anna mulle harjaksia.Give me bristles.
18"En minä sulle harjaksia anna,"I won't give you bristles,
19kunnes sä mulle riaskaa tuo".until you bring me a trough."
20- Korie lehmä, kaunis lehmä,Fair cow, beautiful cow,
21anna mulle riaskaa.Give me a trough.
22"En minä sulle riaskaa anna,"I won't give you a trough,
23kunnes sä mulle heiniä tuo".until you bring me hay."
24- Korie niittu, kaunis niittu,Fair meadow, beautiful meadow,
25anna mulle heiniä.Give me hay.
26"En minä sulle heiniä anna,"I won't give you hay,
27kunnes sä mulle viikahtetta tuo"until you bring me a whetstone."
28Minä vein viikahteen niitulle,I took the whetstone to the meadow,
29niittu mulle heinät anto,the meadow gave me hay,
30Minä vein heinät lehmälle,I took the hay to the cow,
31lehmä mulle riaskaa anto.the cow gave me a trough.
32Minä vein riaskan possulle,I took the trough to the pig,
33possu mulle harjaksia anto.the pig gave me bristles.
34Minä vein harjakset suutarille,I took the bristles to the shoemaker,
35suutar mulle kengät anto.the shoemaker gave me shoes.
36Minä vein kengät neitille,I took the shoes to the maiden,
37neiti mulle rihman anto.the maiden gave me thread.
38Minä vein rihman koivulle,I took the thread to the birch,
39koivu mulle vihlan anto.the birch gave me the bath whisk.
40Minä vein vihlan kukolle,I took the bath whisk to the rooster,
41kukko kuoli että kupsahti.the rooster died and keeled over.
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
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Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-048570 · Read at SKS ↗
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