Jussi pussi punnittiin
In the SKVR edition: Tammela. Aaltonen. 58. 12.
SKVR textEnglish
1Jussi pussi punnittiin,Jussi's bundle was weighed,
2katajanoksalla kannettiin,carried on juniper branches,
3yli kirkon heitettiinthrown over the church,
4mustalla mullalla peitettiin.covered with black soil.
5Sika sano röh, röhThe pig said "röh, röh",
6poika sano möh, möh,the boy said "möh, möh",
7Likka lokka paatin nokka,The girl-seagull's boat-prow,
8kerjäläisen kengän nokka.the beggar's shoe-tip.
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-049373 · Read at SKS ↗
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