Kukko laulo kuurim moalla
In the SKVR edition: Metsäpirtti. Borenius 293 27/6 87? [Sutelan Matti, 49 v. ?]
SKVR textEnglish
1Kukko laulo kuurim moalla,The rooster sang on the frosty ground
2Kana koakatti Virossa,The hen cackled in Estonia,
3Lehmä ammu Aunuksessa,The cow lowed in Aunus,
4Mies huusi meren takana:A man shouted beyond the sea:
5Hämehessä härkä poiki,In Häme, a bull calved,
6Se tek valkia vasika,It bore a white calf,
7Sukkajala suilahutti,Sock-footed, it splashed about,
8Tuo ku vietii Viipuriini,When that was taken to my Vyborg
9Pitkin tietä Pietariini,Along the road to my St. Petersburg
10Tuoll (siitt) soatii sat(toi)There (from there) a hundred were obtained,
11Sekä tuotii tuhhansii,And thousands were brought,
12Ostetoa oro parempiBetter than a bought stallion,
13Tahi tamma sälkieväine,Or a mare with roach-fins,
14Mikä syöpi katolta kaurat,That eats oats from the roof,
15Vien pilvestä vetteäpi.I draw water from the cloud.
16(Uom mie viel) kuultu kummempiiki,I’ve not heard stranger things yet,
17Näht uon näitä ouompiiki:Nor seen worse than these:
18Sika ol' tiellä, miekka (ol) vyöllä,A pig was on the road, a sword on the belt,
19Kaks kannusta jalassa,Two spurs on the foot,
20Kumpasess ol' kuusen oksa.In each was a spruce branch.
21Viel uon kuultu kummempiiki,Still I’ve not heard stranger things,
22Näht uon näitä ouvompiiki:Nor seen worse than these:
23Ku leipo lehmä taikinassa,As a cow baked in dough,
24Vaimo kykki kytkyvessä.The wife squatted in the yoke.
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.
- The editors’ notes, and the marks in the verses that point to them, are left out; they can be read at SKS.
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-071685 · Read at SKS ↗
Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.