Öntän töntän töörän löörän
In the SKVR edition: Kemijärvi. PLK. D 54. -15. Kirkonkylän kk:n oppilaat.
SKVR textEnglish
1Öntän töntän töörän löörän,Öntän töntän töörän löörän, (untranslatable refrain)
2Niin minun eukkonin ennen lauloi;Thus my old woman used to sing before;
3Rahasäkki sängyn päässä,A money sack at the bed's head,
4Olutta, viinia pöyvän päässä.Beer, wine! On the table's head.
5Kaarneet tanssi, kure hyppi,Crows danced, crane leaped,
6Pikkulinnun pesä.A 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-062821 · Read at SKS ↗
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