Jahka joulu joutuu
In the SKVR edition: Savitaipale, Lemi. Jäkälä, J. n. 32. -1891.
SKVR textEnglish
Jahka joulu joutuu.
1Jahka joulu joutuu,When Christmas arrives,
2Kallis päivä kaatuu,The precious day falls,
3Lapsille annetaan voita, rieskaa,To the children are given butter, rieska,
4Vanhoille ukoille viinaa.To the old men, liquor.
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-025310 · Read at SKS ↗
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