Matti katti karvajalka
In the SKVR edition: Hauho. Salo Aukusti. HO 24 659. 13. Eteläinen. Maria Mattson, 75 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Matti katti karvajalkaMatti the cat, hairy-legged
2Puupää, pikarisilmäWooden-head, goblet-eyed
3Rekiroukku, renkasperseSled-hook, farmhand's ass
4Teki tikan tiineeksMade the woodpecker pregnant
5Varpusen varattomaksMade the sparrow destitute
6Mustan linnun munattomaks.Made the black bird eggless
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-049495 · Read at SKS ↗
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