Piu, pau, palalalan
In the SKVR edition: Uusikirkko. Tamminen E. 19. 85.
SKVR textEnglish
Kehtolaulu.
1Piu, pau, palalalan,Piu, pau, palalalan,
2Maskun kellot soivat;Masku's bells rang;
3Äiti kirkost' kotti tule,Mother, come home from the church,
4Makia vellu keitetän,Sweet gruel is being cooked,
5Sokeri suolaks heitetän.Sugar is thrown as salt.
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-042894 · Read at SKS ↗
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