Ken söi kesävoin? Kissa söi kesävoin
In the SKVR edition: Kemi. PLK. C 1388. -15. Alapaakkalan kk:n oppilaat.
SKVR textEnglish
1Ken söi kesävoin? Kissa söi kesävoin.Who ate the summer butter? The cat ate the summer butter.
2Missä kissa? Aitan alla.Where is the cat? Under the granary.
3Missä aitta? Maahan kaatui.Where is the granary? It fell into the ground.
4Missä maa? Vetehen vyöri.Where is the ground? It rolled into the water.
5Missä vesi? Härkä särki.Where is the water? The ox shattered it.
6Missä härkä? Niityllä.Where is the ox? On the meadow.
7Missä niitty? Viikate vilahti.Where is the meadow? The scythe swept through it.
8Missä viikate? Kannon päässä.Where is the scythe? On the stump.
9Missä kanto? Toukka kaivoi.Where is the stump? The grub hollowed it.
10Missä toukka? Kukko noukki.Where is the grub? The rooster pecked it.
11Missä kukko? Kuusosessa.Where is the rooster? In the spruce tree.
12Missä kuusi? Kirves kantoi.Where is the spruce? The axe took it away.
13Missä kirves? Pirtin alla.Where is the axe? Under the sauna.
14Millä sieltä saatanehan? Korenosilla koivusilla,How to bring it from there? With birch poles,
15Haapasilla halkosilla.With aspen kindling.
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 edition’s line numbers are replaced by a number on every verse, counted as in the poem reader.
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-063859 · Read at SKS ↗
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