Heru lehmä, heitä maito
In the SKVR edition: Savonranta. Väisänen, O. n. 203. --1915. Emma Luukkonen, 47 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Heru lehmä, heitä maitoFlow, cow, yield milk
2Isännille iltaseks,For the masters' evening meal,
3Emännille uamuseks,For the mistresses' morning meal,
4Muoriloille murkinaks,For the old women's crumbs,
5Vävylle väl'palaks!For the son-in-law's snack!
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-027996 · Read at SKS ↗
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