Kevin kerra Hymyläsä

SKVR VIII 3456·Uskela·1910·Collector: Valve, Antti

In the SKVR edition: Uskela. Valve Antti 50. 10. Maria Vallin.

SKVR textEnglish

Hymylän ihmeet.

1Kevin kerra Hymyläsä,At Kevin's time in Hymylä,

2Hymyläsä käyresäni,By Hymylä's curving shore,

3Kuulin kummat, nein ihmet:I heard strange things, saw wonders:

4Oravat ahoja kynsit,Squirrels clawed the clearings,

5Hevo hentin puuhun juoksi,A horse ran up a slender tree,

6Reki kesti, tie hajosi,The sled held, the road shattered,

7Kirvelä keitettin,Kirvelä was boiled,

8Ja kattilala leikattin,And cut with a cauldron,

9Lampat lattian lakaisi,Sheep swept the floor,

10Piiat pahnoisa makasi,Maids slept in soot,

11Porsat panit oluata,Piglets poured beer,

12Siat sotkit taikinata,Hogs soiled the dough,

13Emännät sikoina röhki,Mistresses grunted like pigs,

14Trenkit pihatos mylvi,Bulls bellowed in the yard,

15Sonnit puita hakkasi,Oxen chopped trees,

16Ja pussit takan lirpusi,Cats dripped by the stove,

17Isänät tallis hirnusi,Masters neighed in the stable,

18Tyttäret tunkjol tuhnisi,Daughters snuffled at the dung heap,

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.

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