Suutari, kraatari
In the SKVR edition: Pöytyä. Vihervaara E. 330. 09. Karhunoja. Maria Adamsson.
SKVR textEnglish
Kehtolaulu.
1"Suutari, kraatari,Shoemaker, tinsmith,
2papinpoika Piatari,Priest’s son Peter,
3tees mulle nippukenkät, nappukenkät.Make me tied shoes, buttoned shoes.
4Minä menen naimaanI go to wed
5Taivassalon Kaisaa,Kaisa of Taivassalo,
6Mino-Pirjan tyttäreit,The daughters of Mino-Pirjo,
7Kana-Pirjen kakaroit."Hen-Pirjo’s little ones.
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-045038 · Read at SKS ↗
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