Nipin, napin pienet kanat
In the SKVR edition: Mäntyharju. Haronen, Ester n. 12. -1913. Eeva Haronen.
SKVR textEnglish
1Nipin, napin pienet kanatNipin-napin, the little chickens
2Menee saunan lautoon,Go to the sauna platform,
3Tekee siellä paljo pahaa.They do much harm there.
4Harmaa hevonen, satula selässä.A gray horse, a saddle on its back.
5Kiis, kaas koukkuun,Drive, chase into the pen,
6Huuti koira loukkuun.The shout/dog into the trap.
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-024905 · Read at SKS ↗
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