Palvelin mä, palvelin mä
In the SKVR edition: Perniö. Saariluoma V. 357. 13. Maria Wiiman.
SKVR textEnglish
1Palvelin mä, palvelin mäI served, I served
2Vuoteni vuoteniMy years, my years
3Sain mä kanan palkakseniI received a hen as my wages
4Kanan nimi espelin pespeliThe hen's name: Wasp-nest-maker
5Palvelin mä palvelin mäI served, I served
6Vuoteni vuoteniMy years, my years
7Sain mä kukon palkakseniI received a rooster as my wages
8Kukon nimi kultaknuppu.The rooster's name: Golden Knob
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-044624 · Read at SKS ↗
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