Elli keitti vellii
In the SKVR edition: Kymi. Alava, V. 109. 89. Kurittula. Anna Tommi, 11 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Elli keitti velliiElli cooked porridge
2Omist' ohrajauhoistans,From her own barley flours,
3Lapset kaikki letkimaa,All the children slurping,
4Elli itte itkemään.Elli herself to crying.
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.
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-086940 · Read at SKS ↗
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