"Sulle vesi, mulle voi."
In the SKVR edition: Kankaanpää. Kahila n. 86. -5/3 11.
SKVR textEnglish
Juhannus - Mettumaaria.
Juhannusyönä täytyi olla liikkeellä sen, ken mieli hyvää onnea itsellensä. Naiset kirnusivat lukien:
1"Sulle vesi, mulle voi.""To you water, to me butter."
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 editors’ notes, and the marks in the verses that point to them, are left out; they can be read at SKS.
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-058500 · Read at SKS ↗
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