Kana ja kukko meni saunaan
In the SKVR edition: Lempäälä. Vihervaara. n. 4390. -13.
SKVR textEnglish
1Kana ja kukko meni saunaanThe hen and rooster went to the sauna.
2Ja löivät takkinsa naulaan.And hung their coats on a nail.
3Mutta kana huamas ettei ollu ollenkaan vettäBut the hen noticed there was no water at all.
4Niin kana kippas kana kippas kaivolle:So the hen hurried, hurried to the well:
5"Hyvä kaivo, kaunis kaivo,"Good well, beautiful well,
6Anna mulle vettä." -Give me water."
7"En anna, en anna,"I won’t give, I won’t give,
8Ennenkös tuat kiulun."Unless you bring a bucket."
9Kana kippas kana kippas puusepän tykö:The hen hurried, hurried to the carpenter:
10"Hyvä seppä, kaunis seppä."Good smith, beautiful smith.
11Anna mulle kiulu." -Give me a bucket."
12"En anna, en anna,"I won’t give, I won’t give,
13Ennenkös tuat puun."Unless you bring wood."
14Kana kippas kana kippas puun tykö:The hen hurried, hurried to the tree:
15"Hyvä puu, kaunis puu,"Good tree, beautiful tree,
16Anna mulle puuta." -Give me wood."
17"En anna, en anna,"I won’t give, I won’t give,
18Ennenkös tuat kirveen."Unless you bring an axe."
19Kana kippas kana kippas sepän tykö:The hen hurried, hurried to the smith:
20"Hyvä seppä, kaunis seppä,"Good smith, beautiful smith,
21Anna mulle kirves." -Give me an axe."
22"En anna, en anna,"I won’t give, I won’t give,
23Ennenkös tuat rautaa."Unless you bring iron."
24Kana kippas kana kippas rauran tykö:The hen hurried, hurried to the iron:
25Hyvä ranta, kaunis rauta,"Good shore, beautiful iron,
26Anna mulle rautaa." -Give me iron."
27"En anna, en anna,"I won’t give, I won’t give,
28Ennenkös tuat mookarin."Unless you bring a mallet."
29Kana kippas, kana kippas sepän tykö.The hen hurried, hurried to the smith.
30"Hyvä seppä, kaunis seppä,"Good smith, beautiful smith,
31Anna mulle mookari." -Give me a mallet."
32Seppä anto mookarin,The smith gave the mallet,
33Kana vei rauralle,The hen took it to the iron,
34Rauta anto rautaa,The iron gave iron,
35Kana vei rauran sepälle,The hen took the iron to the smith,
36Seppä anto kirveen,The smith gave the axe,
37Kana vei kirveen puulle,The hen took the axe to the tree,
38Puu anto puuta,The tree gave wood,
39Kana vei puun puusepälle,The hen took the wood to the carpenter,
40Puuseppä anto kiulun,The carpenter gave the bucket,
41Kana vei kiulun kaivolle,The hen took the bucket to the well,
42Kaivo antoi vettä,The well gave water,
43Kana vei vettä saunaan,The hen took water to the sauna,
44Sitten kukko ja kana rupes nauraan.Then the rooster and hen began to laugh.
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.
- The editors’ notes, and the marks in the verses that point to them, are left out; they can be read at SKS.
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-055384 · Read at SKS ↗
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