Kukko ja kana meni vihtomaan

SKVR VIII 3326·Pöytyä·1909·Collector: Vihervaara, Eemeli

In the SKVR edition: Pöytyä. Vihervaara E. 283. 09. Raatikainen. Miina Leinonen.

Song type: Kukon ja kanan saunamatka

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1Kukko ja kana meni vihtomaan,The rooster and hen went to bathe,

2eikä ollu vettä.but there was no water.

3Kana karas kaivolle:The hen hurried to the well:

4"hyvä kaivo, kaunis kaivo,"Good well, fair well,

5annas mulle vettä."give me water."

6"Em_mää sulle vettä anna,"I won't give you water,

7ennenkos koivusta lehren tuat."before you bring leaves from the birch."

8Kana karas koivuun:The hen hurried to the birch:

9"hyvä koivu, kaunis koivu,"Good birch, fair birch,

10annas mulle lehtii."give me leaves."

11"Em_mää sulle lehtii anna,"I won't give you leaves,

12ennenkos neitsystä rihmaa tuat."before you bring thread from the maiden."

13Kana karas neitsyyn:The hen hurried to the maiden:

14"hyvä neitsy, kaunis neitsy,"Good maiden, fair maiden,

15annas mulle rihmaa."give me thread."

16"Em mää sulle rihmaa anna,"I won't give you thread,

17ennenkos suutarista kenkät tuat."before you bring shoes from the cobbler."

18Kana karas suutarille:The hen hurried to the cobbler:

19"hyvä suutari, kaunis suutari,"Good cobbler, fair cobbler,

20annas mulle kenkät."give me shoes."

21"Em mää sulle kenkiä anna,"I won't give you shoes,

22ennenkos possulta harjaksia tuat."before you bring bristles from the piglet."

23Kana karas possulle:The hen hurried to the piglet:

24"hyvä possu, kaunis possu,"Good piglet, fair piglet,

25annas mulle harjaksia."give me bristles."

26"Em mää sulle harjaksia anna,"I won't give you bristles,

27ennenkos pellolta jyviä tuat."before you bring grains from the field."

28Kana karas pellolle:The hen hurried to the field:

29"hyvä pelto, kaunis pelto,"Good field, fair field,

30annas mulle jyviä."give me grains."

31"Em mää sulle jyviä anna,"I won't give you grains,

32ennenkos tarhasta sontaa tuat."before you bring manure from the yard."

33Kana karas tarhaan:The hen hurried to the yard:

34"hyvä tarha, kaunis tarha,"Good yard, fair yard,

35annas mulle sontaa."give me manure."

36"Em mää sulle sontaa anna,"I won't give you manure,

37ennenkos kuusesta hakkoo tuat."before you bring chips from the spruce."

38Kana karas kuuseen:The hen hurried to the spruce:

39"hyvä kuusi, kaunis kuusi,"Good spruce, fair spruce,

40annas mulle hakkoo."give me chips."

41"Em mää sulle hakkoo anna,"I won't give you chips,

42ennenkos sepältä kirveen tuat."before you bring an axe from the smith."

43Kana karas sepälle:The hen hurried to the smith:

44"hyvä seppä, kaunis seppä,"Good smith, fair smith,

45annas mulle kirves."give me an axe."

46"Em mää sulle kirvestä anna,"I won't give you an axe,

47ennenkos Ruattista rautaa tuat."before you bring iron from Sweden."

48Kana karas Ruattiin:The hen hurried to Sweden:

49"hyvä Ruatti, kaunis Ruatti,"Good Sweden, fair Sweden,

50annas mulle rautaa."give me iron."

51Ruatti hälle rauran anto,Sweden gave her iron,

52hän rauran sepälle.she gave the iron to the smith.

53Seppä hälle kirveen anto,The smith gave her an axe,

54hän kirveen kuuseen.she gave the axe to the spruce.

55Kuusi hälle haon anto,The spruce gave her chips,

56hän haon tarhaan.she gave the chips to the yard.

57Tarha hälle sonnan anto,The yard gave her manure,

58hän sonnan pellolle.she gave the manure to the field.

59Pelto hälle jyvät anto,The field gave her grains,

60hän jyvät possulle.she gave the grains to the piglet.

61Possu hälle harjakset anto,The piglet gave her bristles,

62hän harjakset suutarille.she gave the bristles to the cobbler.

63Suutari hälle kenkät anto,The cobbler gave her shoes,

64hän kenkät neitsyyn.she gave the shoes to the maiden.

65Neitsy hälle rihman anto,The maiden gave her thread,

66hän rihman koivuun.she gave the thread to the birch.

67Koivu hälle lehren anto,The birch gave her leaves,

68hän lehren kaivoon.she gave the leaves to the well.

69Kaivo hälle veren anto,The well gave her blood,

70hän veren kiukaalle.she gave the blood to the stove.

71Kiuas hälle löylyn anto;The stove gave her steam;

72Kukko oli pualin pyärryksisäThe rooster was half-dizzy,

73ja kana pualin kualluksisa,and the hen half-scalded,

74heipparuutia rallaa,making a farewell ruckus,

75saunan penkin alla."under the sauna bench."

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.

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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-044423 · Read at SKS ↗

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