Hyy Hyvölään
In the SKVR edition: Joroinen. Kinnunen, A. n. 109. -1884. Savuniemi. Anna Katriina Tikkanen, o. s. Lintunen, 40 v. Synt. Lahnalahden kylässä.
SKVR textEnglish
1Hyy Hyvölään,Hyy to Hyvölä,
2Hyvölän koirat haukkumaan.Hyvölä's dogs to barking,
3Mänkeipä lapset kahtomaan,Go now, children, to look,
4Kettee tuolla tulloo.Who comes there yonder?
5Pien' poika räppänä,A small boy, ragged,
6Huuhmar o(n) hattuna,An owl as his hat,
7Petkel on keppinä,A cudgel as his staff,
8Kive(n) l̄auteet rekenä,Stone planks as a sled,
9Sammakko satulana,A frog as a saddle,
10Kiärme ohjaksina,A snake as reins,
11Sisolisko piiskana.A lizard as a whip.
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-024841 · Read at SKS ↗
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