Piis, piis, lasta!
In the SKVR edition: Alatornio. PLK. A 2. -15. Alavojakkalan kk:n oppilaat.
SKVR textEnglish
1Piis, piis, lasta!Hush, hush, the child!
2Kissa tuli vastahan.The cat came to meet [us/the child].
3Istu, kissa, kiikun päälle,Sit, cat, on the swing's top,
4Kiikuttele lasta!Swing the child gently!
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-063611 · Read at SKS ↗
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