Pimp pomp porovatta
In the SKVR edition: Halikko. Kallio V. J. 1047. 13. Ida Heinonen. M.p. Uskelassa.
SKVR textEnglish
1Pimp pomp porovattaPimp pomp, thunder-calf / Pimp pomp, reindeer-thing (ritual rhythm)
2kukas meijän pässin tappaWho will kill our ram?
3see saa villa, see saa vallaThat one gets wool, that one gets hide/power
4see saa koko komeure.That one gets the whole grandeur.
(Kun lapsia on ruokittu, niin sanotaan näin; samalla osoitetaan sormella eri paikkoja lapsesta.)
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.
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-044950 · Read at SKS ↗
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