Piis, piis, pienta lasta
In the SKVR edition: Alatornio. PLK. A 5. -15. Alavojakkalan kk:n oppilaat.
SKVR textEnglish
1Piis, piis, pienta lasta,Hush, hush, little child!
2Pienen pullan eestä!For the sake of a small bun!
3Jos ei pulla leivota,If the bun isn't baked,
4Niin annetaan katkyen seistä.Then we'll give broken bits! Let [it/them] stand!
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-063480 · Read at SKS ↗
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