Kuka tässä kukkunoo

SKVR XIII1 1639·Kurkijoki·1890·Collector: Hultin, Th.

In the SKVR edition: Kurkijoki. Hultin, T. 6. 90.

SKVR textEnglish

1Kuka tässä kukkunoo,Who here is crowing,

2Kenen kiel laulanoo,Whose tongue is chanting,

3Ku tämä Kati kattuu,When this Kati turns,

4Niin tämä mäki männöö,Then this hill departs,

5Siitä linna liikahtua,From there the fortress stirs,

6Siitä sitte tie tehheäThen a road is forged,

7Rannan kautta raivatua,Cleared along the shore,

8Kivipeltoin perätse.Through stony fields.

9Laulan mie meret mesiksi,I sing seas into honey,

10Meren hiekat herneiksi,Sea’s sands into peas,

11Suoloiksi meren somerot,Gravel into salt,

12Meren vuahet vaipakseni,Waves as my cloak,

13Meren tyyskyt tyynykseni.Calms as my pillow.

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 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.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.