Mau, mau, Matti kuoli
In the SKVR edition: Alatornio. PLK. A 10. -15. Alavojakkalan kk:n oppilaat.
SKVR textEnglish
1Mau, mau, Matti kuoli,Mau, mau, Matti died,
2Harakka sille hauvan kaivoi,The magpie dug a grave for him,
3Pikku linnut virren lauloi.Little birds sang a dirge.
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-063170 · Read at SKS ↗
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