Herra piene kananpoja
In the SKVR edition: Halikko. Toijalan kansakoulu 104. 13. Toijala.
SKVR textEnglish
1Herra piene kananpojaLittle lord, small chick
2menivä herra lattoThe lord went to the barn
3löysivä sieltä kaiken mailmanFound there all the world's [things]
4piparuuti paparuutiGunpowder, bean-powder
5herra huusi touko loukoThe lord shouted "Touko! Louko!"
6mene sinä pois.You, go away!
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-046138 · Read at SKS ↗
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