Önttön tönttön töörön löörön
In the SKVR edition: Rovaniemi. PLK. H 44. -15. Korkalon kk:n oppilaat.
SKVR textEnglish
1Önttön tönttön töörön löörön,Önttön tönttön töörön löörön, (ritual refrain, untranslatable)
2Niin minun eukkoni ennen lauloi;Thus my wife sang in times past;
3Rahasäkki sängyn päällä,A money-sack upon the bed,
4Olutta, viiniä pöytän päällä.Beer and wine upon the table.
5Lekker sarta soitti sompelettä,Lekker played the sarta-sompelettä!,
6Vesilinnun vempelettä,The waterbird's frolicking,
7Kuren hyppi, käärme tanssi,The crane leapt, the snake danced,
8Pikkulinnun pesä.The small bird's nest.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-062814 · Read at SKS ↗
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