Teen, teen aitaa
In the SKVR edition: Johannes. Ok. I, 30, s. 361. Vaahtolan kk. ?
SKVR textEnglish
Naurista.
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2Teen, teen aitaaI build, I build a fence
3Vaskisella vasaralla,With a copper hammer,
4Kultasella kurikalla.With a golden mallet.
- - - Emäntä kysyi tältä:
5Missä sinä kävit?Where did you go?
Nauris vastasi:
6Pippilässä, pappilassa,At Pip-place, at the parsonage,
7Kiehuvassa kattilassa.In the seething cauldron.
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-079042 · Read at SKS ↗
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