Kirnuu, kirnuu, kirnuu
In the SKVR edition: Viljakkala. Mattila M. E, n. 447. -31. Viljakkalan kylä. Kalle Paijala, 76 v.
SKVR textEnglish
Hämeenkyrön kunnan Osaran kartanon pehtoorin vaimo kirnusi juhannusta vastaan yöllä ja hoki:
1"Kirnuu, kirnuu, kirnuu,"Churns, churns, churns,"
2sulle piimä mulle voi"For you the buttermilk, for me the butter"
3ennen päivän koita.""Before the day's dawning."
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-058507 · Read at SKS ↗
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