Minä löysin emännä(n) ja tyttäre(n) leipomasta
In the SKVR edition: Joroinen. Kinnunen, A. n. 111. -1884. Savuniemi. Anna Katriina Tikkanen, o. s. Lintunen, 40 v. Synt. Lahnalahden kylässä.
SKVR textEnglish
1Minä löysin emännä(n) ja tyttäre(n) leipomasta.I found the mistress and her daughter baking.
2Leipo'pa mullen kakkaran.Bake me a cake, then.
3Minä kakkaran kalamiehille,I gave the cake to the fishermen.
4Kalamiehet mulle kaloja.The fishermen gave me fish.
5Minä kalat riih'miehille,I gave the fish to the threshers.
6Riih'miehet mulle jyvijä.The threshers gave me grains.
7Minä jyvät kosso'(n) suuhun,I put the grains into the squirrel's mouth.
8Kossopa mullen kylökijään.The squirrel gave me to the villagers.
9Minä kylet koiralle,I handed [them] to the dog.
10Koirapa mulle orava(n) haukku.The dog barked a squirrel for me.
11Minä oravan noko'lle.I gave the squirrel to the beak.
12Nokkopa mulle siipijään,The beak gave me its wings.
13Joilla ma lentee luakuttelinWith them I flew fluttering
14Yheksän meren ylite,Over nine seas,
15Kaheksan kallijo(n) ala'te.Under eight cliffs.
16Siell'_oli puut puna'set,There were red trees,
17Kaikk'_oli pukin karva'set.All were goat-haired.
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-024570 · Read at SKS ↗
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