Aa aa akkani kuoli!
In the SKVR edition: Noormarkku. Koskilahti. n. 35. -2/1 04. Fiina Fors, 40 v.
SKVR textEnglish
Lasten laulu.
1Aa aa akkani kuoli!Ah ah, my grandmother died!
2Kuhunka se kuoli?Where did she die?
3Merstalan jokkeen.To Merstala's river.
4Kuka sen näki?Who saw it?
5Härmälän väki.Härmälä's folk.
6Kuka sen veisas?Who sang for her?
7Hällin Matti.Matti of Hälli.
8Kuka sen hautas?Who buried her?
9Kivikirkon pikku pappi.The little priest of Stone Church.
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-054199 · Read at SKS ↗
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