Aa, aa akkani kuoli
In the SKVR edition: Pusula. Nyberg, V. ja Ylänne, Y. 33. 16. Hauhula. Serafia Jansson, 72 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Aa, aa akkani kuoliAh, ah, my old woman died
2Turun joen sillan allaUnder the bridge of the Turku River
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4Aa lullaa, Turusta tullaan,Ah lullaa, from Turku we come,
5Helsinkiin mennään,To Helsinki we go,
6Ilomanttis ollaan.In Ilomantsi we stay.
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-086045 · Read at SKS ↗
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