Isä kävelee pitkin siltaa
In the SKVR edition: Uskela. Kallio E. I. 202. 09.
SKVR textEnglish
1Isä kävelee pitkin siltaa.Father walks along the bridge.
2Tulee lasta vastaa.Comes to meet the child.
3Tuo lapsel punase sukaBrings the child a red sock,
4Kellase kenkä,A yellow shoe,
5Juusto ja kakuCheese and cake,
6Verkase jaku.A woolen coat.
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-043783 · Read at SKS ↗
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