Kana pyysi piialta vettä

SKVR VIII 3311·Uskela·1919·Collector: Kallio, Ilmari

In the SKVR edition: Uskela. Kallio E. I. 504. 19.

Song type: Kukon ja kanan saunamatka

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1Kana pyysi piialta vettä.The hen asked the maid for water.

2Piika sanoi: "en anna, en anna,The maid said: "I won't give, I won't give,

3jollet anna kenkiä."unless you give me shoes."

4Kana meni suutarille ja sanoi:The hen went to the shoemaker and said:

5"Kiltti suutar, kaunis suutar,"Kind shoemaker, beautiful shoemaker,

6anna mull kengät."give me the shoes."

7Suutar sanoi, en anna, en anna,The shoemaker said, "I won't give, I won't give,

8jollet anna harjaksi."unless you give me bristles."

9Kana meni sian luo ja sanoi:The hen went to the pig and said:

10"Kiltti sika, kaunis sika,"Kind pig, beautiful pig,

11anna mull harjaksi."give me bristles."

12Sika sanoi, "en anna, en anna,The pig said, "I won't give, I won't give,

13jollet anna jauhoja."unless you give me flour."

14Kana meni myllärille ja sanoi:The hen went to the miller and said:

15"Kiltti myllär, kaunis myllär,"Kind miller, beautiful miller,

16anna mulle jauhoja."give me flour."

17Mylläri sanoi: "en anna en anna,The miller said: "I won't give, I won't give,

18jollet anna jyviä."unless you give me grain."

19Kana meni pellolle ja sanoi:The hen went to the field and said:

20"Kiltti pelto, kaunis pelto,"Kind field, beautiful field,

21anna mulle jyviä."give me grain."

22Pelto sanoi: "en anna, en anna,The field said: "I won't give, I won't give,

23jollet anna sontaa."unless you give me manure."

24Kana meni tunkiolle ja sanoi:The hen went to the dung heap and said:

25"Kiltti tunkio, kaunis tunkio,"Kind dung heap, beautiful dung heap,

26anna mulle sontaa." -give me manure."

27Tunkio antoi sontaan,The dung heap gave manure!

28kana antoi sen pellolle;The hen gave it to the field;

29pelto antoi jyviä,the field gave grain,

30kana antoi ne myllärille;the hen gave them to the miller;

31Mylläri antoi jauhoja;The miller gave flour;

32Kana antoi ne sialle;The hen gave them to the pig;

33Sika antoi harjaksia,The pig gave bristles,

34Kana antoi ne suutarille.The hen gave them to the shoemaker.

35Suutari antoi kengät.The shoemaker gave shoes.

36Kana antoi ne piialleThe hen gave them to the maid

37ja piika antoi vettä.and the maid gave water.

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.

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