Souvan, souvan Sorolaa
In the SKVR edition: Heinjoki. Sonkkila 21. 09.
SKVR textEnglish
Lehmän lypsy.
1Souvan, souvan Sorolaa,Swampy, swampy Sorola,
2Sorolasta Perolaa.From Sorola to Perola.
3Perolas on musta lehmä,In Perola is a black cow,
4joka paljon lypsää.that gives much milk.
5Mummo alla lypsämässä,The granny under [the cow], milking,
6Vaija sarvista pitelemässä.The old man holding the horns.
7Minkä mummo alta sai,What the granny got from under,
8sen vaija päältä joi;the old man drank it from above;
9Vaijan ryntty ryyppäs kaikk'.The old man's belly guzzled all.
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.
- 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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-077810 · Read at SKS ↗
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