Ol' se ennen Ollin panni
In the SKVR edition: Kurkij. Koskimies, A. V. 37. 80. Mari Kuosa?
SKVR textEnglish
1Ol' se ennen Ollin panni,It was in ancient times Olli placed,
2Ollin pannista mat'ikka,From Olli's creation, a mat'ikka emerged,
3Mat'ikasta maitopyörä,From the mat'ikka, a milk churn's wheel,
4Maitopyörästä pöpelö,From the milk wheel, a pöpelö vessel,
5Pöpelöstä pöytärikki,From the pöpelö, a table fragment,
6Pöytärikistä rimaski,From the table fragment, a rim,
7Rimaskesta rintasolki,From the rim, a breast brooch,
8Rintasolesta sotikka,From the brooch, a spindle stick,
9Sotikasta sormikinnas,From the spindle, a finger mitten,
10Sormikintaasta kipuna,From the mitten, a spark,
11Kipunasta kirjanmerkki,From the spark, a bookmark,
12Kirjanmerkistä meteli,From the bookmark, a clamor,
13Metelistä meijän herra,From the clamor, our lord,
14Meijän herrasta hevoinen,From our lord, a horse,
15Hevoisesta heinähanko,From the horse, a hay fork,
16Heinähankosta harava,From the hay fork, a rake,
17Haravasta hal'l'inpyörä,From the rake, a hail-protection wheel,
18Hal'l'inpyörästä pöpelö.From the hail wheel, a pöpelö vessel,
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19(tai:) Hevoisesta heinäsaattu,(Or:) From the horse, a hay load,
20Heinäsaavusta satula,From the hay load, a saddle,
21Satulasta saunakukko,From the saddle, a sauna rooster,
22Saunakukosta kuninkas,From the sauna rooster, a king,
23Kuninkaasta kultanuppu.From the king, a golden knob.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-078137 · Read at SKS ↗
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