Missä tämän kesän olit
In the SKVR edition: [Hattula.] Tuomarila. 53. 11.
SKVR textEnglish
1Missä tämän kesän olitWhere were you this summer?
2Titilässä tätilässä,In Titilä, in Tätilä,
3mitä siellä tekemässäWhat were you doing there?
4lammas karjaa kaitsemassaTending sheep and livestock.
5Mitäs sait palkkaa?What wage did you get?
6viis kuus koiraaFive or six dogs.
7Mitkä niitten nimet oliWhat were their names?
8yksi Niki toinen NäkiOne Niki, another Näki,
9kolmas Näver-näkki.The third was Gnawing-Näkki.
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
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-049262 · Read at SKS ↗
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