Västärikki vettä kanto
In the SKVR edition: Lempaala. Reinh. A IV 31. (Fol. XII 31) 47.
SKVR textEnglish
1Västärikki vettä kanto,The wagtail carried water,
2Tijanen pani olutta,The woodpecker brewed beer,
3Kirpu pȳhki kiukuoa,The louse wiped the stove,
4Täi lakasi lattiaa.The louse swept the floor.
5Kurk' sitt hyppi, kärki tansii,The crane hopped, the sandpiper danced,
6Tarhapöllö pyörähteliThe barn owl spun around,
7Hiirehäitä juotaessa:While the mouse's wedding raced on:
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.
- The editors’ notes, and the marks in the verses that point to them, are left out; they can be read at SKS.
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-017665 · Read at SKS ↗
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