Aa aa akaan Kaija
In the SKVR edition: Tyrvää. Kullaa. n. 98. -18/4 03. Tapiola. Aina Kullaa, 16 v.
SKVR textEnglish
Lasten laulu.
1Aa aa akaan Kaija,Ah, ah, old hag Kaija,
2Turusta tuodaan kaikkia laija:From Turku they bring all sorts of goods:
3Punanen silkki, keskeltä rikki,Red silk, torn through the middle,
4Valkonen liinainen, syrjästä rikki.White linen, torn at the edge.
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.
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-054250 · Read at SKS ↗
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