Missä voi pöyvältä
In the SKVR edition: Karstula. Pirttinen Vihtori ja Matilainen Onni. HO 18 32. 13. Anni Matilainen.
SKVR textEnglish
1Missä voi pöyvältäWhere was the butter from the table
2kissa söithe cat ate?
3missä kissaWhere was the cat?
4aitan allaUnder the storehouse.
5missä aittaWhere was the storehouse?
6valkia polttiFire burned it.
7missä valkiaWhere was the fire?
8ves sammuttiWater quenched it.
9missä vesWhere was the water?
10härkä ryyppäsThe ox guzzled it.
11missä härkäWhere was the ox?
12niityllä makoaLying on the meadow.
13missä niittyWhere was the meadow?
14viidake niittiThe scythe reaped it.
15missä viitakeWhere was the scythe?
16kannon nenässäIn the stump's "nose".
17missä kantoWhere was the stump?
18kukko nuppasThe rooster pecked it.
19missä kukkoWhere was the rooster?
20vuorella välkkävällä,On the shimmering mountain,
21Joka ensi eänen päästääWhoever first lets out laughter,
22sitä korvasta nipistetääntheir ear is pinched,
23nenästä näpistetään.their nose is tweaked.
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-050056 · Read at SKS ↗
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