Mikä tuolta näkyy? -

SKVR XIII2 6513·Viipuri mlk·1890·Collector: Alava, Vihtori

In the SKVR edition: Viipurin pit. Peltola. Alava 202. 90. Miina Seppälä, 10 v. Säkkijärvi, Outsi. Hakasien välissä olevan saneli Liena Mitikka, 23 v. Viipurin pit. Peltolasta (l. Vanhankylän Mitikasta).

Song type: Mikä tuolla näkyy?

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SKVR textEnglish

1Mikä tuolta näkyy? -What is visible from there?

2Talo tuolta näkyy.A house is visible from there.

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4Mikä kätkyen sisässä? -What is inside the cradle?

5Hursti kätkyen sisässä.A babe is inside the cradle.

6Mikä hurstin hulpilossa? -What's in the babe's embrace?

7Veikko hurstin hulpilossa.A brother in the babe's embrace.

8Mikä veikon olkapäällä? -What's on the brother's shoulder?

9Kirves veikon olkapäällä.An axe on the brother's shoulder.

10Mikä kirvehen kasassa? -What's in the axe's pile?

11Lastu kirvehen kasassa.Woodchips in the axe's pile.

12Mihin lastu singahtaa,Where do the woodchips fly?

13Sinne kirkko te(h)hää.There a church is built.

14Kuka kirkon tekköö? -Who builds the church?

15Isä kirkon tekköö.Father builds the church.

16Kuka seinät vestelöö? -Who raises the walls?

17Setä seinät vestelöö.Uncle raises the walls.

18Kuka penkit pessöö? -Who cleans the benches?

19Täti penkit pessöö.Aunt cleans the benches.

20Kuka pöyän pyyhkasöö? -Who wipes the table?

21Mamma pöyan pyyhkäsöö.Mother wipes the table.

22Kuka lattian lakasoo? -Who sweeps the floor?

23Sisko lattian lakasoo.Sister sweeps the floor.

24Minkäs löysit, siskosein? -What did you find, my sister?

25Kulta-pyörän, maa-omenan.A golden wheel, an earth-apple.

26Mihin panit, siskosein? -Where did you put them, my sister?

27Riihen taakse rikkoille,Behind the granary in ruins,

28Saunan taakse sammaliille.Behind the sauna on moss.

29Entäs kun kana kaapasoo? -And when the hen scratches?

30Kanalta kaula poikki.The hen's neck is broken.

31Entäs kun kukko kuopasoo? -And when the rooster scratches?

32Kukolta kulkku poikki.The rooster's crop is broken.

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.
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-078088 · Read at SKS ↗

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