Missä voi? kissa söi
In the SKVR edition: Kymi. KRK 53. Einola, V. 253. Huruksela. Viktor Einola, synt. 1866.
SKVR textEnglish
1Missä voi? kissa söi.Where's the butter? The cat ate it.
2Entä kissa? aitan alla.And the cat? Under the shed.
3Entä aitta? tuli poltti.And the shed? Fire burned it.
4Entä tuli? vess' sammutti.And the fire? Water quenched it.
5Entä ves'? härkä ryyppäs.And the water? The ox guzzled it.
6Entä härkä? niitylle karkas'.And the ox? Ran to the meadow.
7Entä niitty? viikate vipsas'.And the meadow? The scythe swished it.
8Entä viikate? kovasin kopsas'.And the scythe? The whetstone struck it.
9Entä kovasin? kannon päässä.And the whetstone? On the stump's end.
10Entä kanto? karhu kaato.And the stump? A bear felled it.
11Entä karhu? mies tappo.And the bear? A man killed it.
12Entä mies? maan alla.And the man? Under the earth.
13Entä maa? matojen käsis'.And the earth? In worms' grasp.
14Entä marot? kukko nokkas'.And the worms? The rooster pecked them.
15Entä kukko? havukka vei.And the rooster? A fox took it.
16Entä havukka? liitämäss', lentämäss'And the fox? Gliding, flying
17Yhreksen meren ylitte,Over Yhreksen's sea,
18Sinne uuteh' tupah',To the new house,
19Oviseinä olkiseinä,Door-wall of straw,
20Sivuseinä silkkiseinä,Side-wall of silk,
21Peräseinä pestyseinä,Back-wall scrubbed clean,
22Siell' on vuoteet vuohenluista,There are beds of goat bones,
23Pöytä kullasta kurottu,A table stretched from gold,
24Laavitta vasesta valettu,A ladle cast from copper,
25Kätkyt kärpäsenkylistä.A cradle of fly's thighs.
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-086592 · Read at SKS ↗
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