A a a a akkani kuoli
In the SKVR edition: Tyrvää. Katajaranta. n. 158. -15/6 04. Järvenpää. Abraham Satimus, 68 v. Kuullut isältään.
SKVR textEnglish
Kehtolauluja.
1A a a a akkani kuoli.Ah, ah, ah, ah, my old woman died.
2Kuhunka hän kuoli?Where did she die?
3Kuokkalan koskeen.Into Kuokkala's rapids.
4Kuka sen näki?Who saw it?
5Akkalan väki.Akkala's people [or spirits].
6Kuka sen hautasi?Who buried it?
7Hallin Matti.Matti of Halli [or Halli's Matti].
8Kuka sen veisasi?Who chanted for it?
9Välikylän pappi.The priest of Middle Village.
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-054209 · Read at SKS ↗
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