Aa aa akkani kuoli
In the SKVR edition: Pirkkala. Starck. n. 17*. -89.
SKVR textEnglish
1Aa aa akkani kuoli.Ah, ah, my old woman died.
2Ku(hu)nka se kuoli?How did she die?
3Kuokkalan koskeen.Into Kuokkala's rapids.
4Kuka sen näki?Who saw it/her?
5Kuokkalan väki.Kuokkala's folk/people.
6Kuka sen hautasi?Who buried her?
7Haasin Matti.Matti of Haasi.
8Kuka sen veisasi?Who conveyed her [to burial]?
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-054223 · Read at SKS ↗
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