Elli keitti velliä

SKVR XIII3 6902·Viipuri mlk·1890·Collector: Alava, Vihtori

In the SKVR edition: Viipurin pitäjä, Peltola. Alava 200. 90. Miina Seppälä, 10 v. Säkkijärven pitäjän Outsin kylästä. Hakasien välissä olevan saneli Liisa Mitikka, likemmä 70 v. Viipurin pitäjän Vanhastakylästä (l. Peltolan kylästä).

Song type: Elli

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SKVR textEnglish

1Elli keitti velliä,Elli cooked porridge,

2Hännällänsä hämmenteliStirred it with her tail,

3Omista otrajauhoistaan.From her own barley stores.

4Velli kaatu karsinaan l. kalliolleThe porridge spilled into the pen or onto the rock,

5Elli isse itkemään,Elli sank down weeping,

6Ellin ukko ulvomaan,Elli's husband howled aloud,

7Lapset ääreen lerkkimään.The children flocked to gawk.

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-078477 · Read at SKS ↗

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