Missä voi? Kissa söi
In the SKVR edition: Sippola. Alava, V. 351. 89. Liikkala. Ville Ahola, 16 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Missä voi? Kissa söi.Where's the butter? The cat ate it.
2Missä kissa? Aitan alle karkas.Where's the cat? It fled under the shed.
3Missä aitta? Tuli poltti.Where's the shed? Fire burned it.
4Missä tuli? Ves' sammutti.Where's the fire? Water quenched it.
5Missä ves'? Härkä joi.Where's the water? The ox drank it.
6Missä härkä? Niityll' karkaa.Where's the ox? It runs on the meadow.
7Missä niitty? Viikat' lotkas.Where's the meadow? The scythe mowed it.
8Missä viikat'? Kannon päässä.Where's the scythe? At the stump's head.
9Missä kanto? Karhu kaas.Where's the stump? The bear felled it.
10Missä karhu? Miäs tappo.Where's the bear? The man killed it.
11Missä miäs? Mullas' makaa.Where's the man? He lies in the soil.
12Missä multa? Kukko nokki.Where's the soil? The rooster pecked it.
13Missä kukko? Se on liitämäss', lentämäss'Where's the rooster? It's gliding, flying
14Kahleksan kaupunnin ylitte,Over eight cities,
15Yhleksän meren alitte.Under nine seas.
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.
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-086583 · Read at SKS ↗
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