Mitäs hakkaat?
In the SKVR edition: Isojoki. Aspelin J. E, Suomi II 9, s. 193. - 1871. Kertojina noita Jumalan Heikki ja eräs noita-akka.
SKVR textEnglish
Naria vastaan.
Käsi pannaan paalun päälle, kalvoissydämen kohdalle lyödään ja hoetaan:
1Mitäs hakkaat?"What [is it] you’re chopping/doing?"
2Naria hakkaan!"Kindling/twigs I’m chopping!"
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-060719 · Read at SKS ↗
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