Aa, aa, akana
In the SKVR edition: Kemi. PLK. C 83. -19. Karihaaran kk:n oppilaat.
SKVR textEnglish
1Aa, aa, akana,Ah, ah, chaff,
2Kahen lukon takana,Behind two locks,
3Lapsi se nukkuu kotonaThe child sleeps at home,
4Äidin selän takana.Behind the mother’s back.
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.
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-063017 · Read at SKS ↗
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