Oli kerran onnimanni

In the SKVR edition: Alatornio. PLK. A 133. -15. Alavojakkalan kk:n oppilaat.

Song type: Onnimanni

SKVR textEnglish

1Oli kerran onnimanni,There once was a blessed being,

2Onnimannista matikka,From the blessed being came a path,

3Matikasta maitopyörä,From the path, a milk wheel,

4Maitopyörästä pöpelö,From the milk wheel, a clump,

5Pöpelöstä pöytäristi,From the clump, a table frame,

6Pöytärististä rimanko,From the table frame, a spindle,

7Rimangosta rintasolki,From the spindle, a brooch,

8Rintasoljesta soranko,From the brooch, a sieve,

9Sorangosta sormikinnas,From the sieve, a finger glove,

10Sormikintaasta kipinä,From the finger glove, a spark,

11Kipinästä kirjanmerkki,From the spark, a bookmark,

12Kirjanmerkistä meteli,From the bookmark, a clamor,

13Metelistä meijän herraFrom the clamor, our master,

14Meijän herrasta hepukka,From our master, a pony,

15Hepukasta heinäkenkä,From the pony, a hay shoe,

16Heinäkengästä kekäle,From the hay shoe, an ember,

17Kekäleestä kenkarauta,From the ember, a horseshoe,

18Kenkäraudasta ramina,From the horseshoe, a clatter,

19Raminasta raippakäärö,From the clatter, a whip lash,

20Raippakääröstä käkönen,From the whip lash, a cuckoo,

21Käkösestä kärrönpyörä,From the cuckoo, a cart wheel,

22Kärrönpyörästä popelö,From the cart wheel, a clump,

23Popelöstä pöytäristi.From the clump, a table frame.

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’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.
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.

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