Kätken kivvee
In the SKVR edition: Suonenjoki. Helsingin tyttökoululaisia, n. 2. -1927. Kerttu Loiske.
SKVR textEnglish
1Kätken kivvee,I hide into the stone,
2Sotken savvee,I churn into the clay,
3Tien tiiliä,The road's bricks,
4Paikkoon uuniaInto the places of ovens,
5Härkin häiks',The little ox into oxen,
6Kurkin kuiks',The crane into cranes,
7Maholehmän makkaroiks',The belly-cow into sausages,
8Arvoo', tarkka lautamies,Let him guess, exact juror,
9Kellä, kulla kivi on?Who, with gold, has the stone?
10Peittäkää kaikki jälkenne!Cover all your traces!
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-024875 · Read at SKS ↗
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