Elli kelli, keita velli
In the SKVR edition: Tornio. PLK. R 32. -15.
SKVR textEnglish
1Elli kelli, keita velli,Elli, ring [the bell]! Boil the porridge!
2Maijja, maista suolaa,Maijja, taste the salt!
3Kaijja, kanna kapustaa,Kaijja, carry the cabbage!
4Pirkko, pyristä jauhoja!Pirkko, sift the flour!
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.
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-064152 · Read at SKS ↗
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