Souvan, souvan sorolaan
In the SKVR edition: Impilahti. Härkönen J, n. 41. -08. Kansak. oppil. Aina Laitinen. Kuullut Väinö Laitiselta, 7 v. Haukkaselän kyl.
SKVR textEnglish
1Souvan, souvan sorolaan,Swampy, swampy towards Sorola,
2pitkän matkan tätilään,To the aunt's place after a long journey,
3tätilässä oli musta lehmä,At the aunt's place was a black cow,
4Muurikki sen nimi;Muurikki was its name;
5täti alla lypsää,The aunt below milks,
6setä sarvesta pitää,The uncle holds the horn,
7minkä täti lehmästään saapi,Whatever the aunt gets from her cow,
8sen setä juopi.That the uncle drinks.
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 editors’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.
- 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-034631 · Read at SKS ↗
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