Huit humma kirkko
In the SKVR edition: Uskela. Valve Antti 49. 10. Maria Vallin.
SKVR textEnglish
1Huit humma kirkko,Took the horse to the church,
2Palas jälle pappilaa,Returned again to the parsonage,
3Tetin työ vieras.Tetin's guest worked,
4Teti leippo ison kakun,Teti baked a large cake,
5Pane paljo voita pääl,Put much butter atop,
6Pääskyse muna vert,Let the egg's blood flow,
7Kirvesvarre paksurelt,From a thick axe handle,
8See sula suuhuIt melts in the mouth,
9Ja se laske luuhu.And sinks into the bone.
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-042627 · Read at SKS ↗
Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.