Mitäs poltat?
In the SKVR edition: Kuru. Pohjankanervo T, n. 124. -18/7 31. Olkitaipale. Riikka Hildén, 82 v.
SKVR textEnglish
Naria poltettiin kädestä:
Sairas kysy:
1Mitäs poltat?"What are you burning, then?"
Polttaja vast.:
2Naria poltan!"I burn kindling!" (or "I burn naria!" retaining the archaic term)
Naurakaa nyt sille.
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-057638 · Read at SKS ↗
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