Aa aa akkani kuoli
In the SKVR edition: Kokemäki. Lempainen. n. 2. -5/1 04. Kuurola. Hilja Rintanen, 13 v. Kuullut isältään.
SKVR textEnglish
Kehtolaulu.
1Aa aa akkani kuoli.Ah, ah, my old woman died.
2Kuinka se kuoli?How did she die?
3Eskolan koskeen.Into Eskola's rapids.
4Kuka sen näki?Who saw her?
5Eskolan väki.Eskola's folk.
6Kuka sen hautas?Who buried her?
7Hallin Matti.Matti of Halli.
8Kuka sen veisas?Who sang for her?
9Prunkkalan pappi.Prunkkala's priest.
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-054205 · Read at SKS ↗
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