Matti katti karvajalka
In the SKVR edition: [Hattula.] Tuomarila. 63. 11.
SKVR textEnglish
1Matti katti karvajalkaHairy-legged Matti the cat
2ampus hiiren aitan altaSprang from under the mouse's granary
3söi puoletAte half [of it]
4jätti suoletLeft the guts
5pisti käpälät taskuun.Stuffed the paws into [his] pocket
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-049488 · Read at SKS ↗
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