Elli keitti vellii
In the SKVR edition: Lemi. Kohvakka, Toini n. 118. -1933. Kaamaniemi. Maria Taipale.
SKVR textEnglish
Lastenloru.
1Elli keitti velliiElli cooked the porridge
2Omista otrajauhostoa.From her own barley flour.
3Velli koatu lattijoa,The porridge spilled onto the floor,
4Kuttu lapset latkimoa.[She] called the children to lap it up.
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.
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-025074 · Read at SKS ↗
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