Luteet ja lateet
In the SKVR edition: Karvia. Kaukamaa L, n. 164. -27/6 30. Ämmälänkylä. Elsa Mäntyjoki, 45 v.
SKVR textEnglish
Luteen sanat.
1Luteet ja lateet,Lice and bedbugs,
2Kirput ja kateet,Fleas and mites,
3Päin seiniäToward the walls,
4Ja selin mua!And backward from the earth!
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-059255 · Read at SKS ↗
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