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Kissa istuu kistum päällä

SKVR XIV 367·Vihti·1915·Collector: Hakalehto, Mimmi

In the SKVR edition: Vihti. Hakalehto, M. 65. 15. Olga Berggren, 28 v.

Song type: Aa lullaa lasta, muori, isä vastaan

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SKVR textEnglish
1Kissa istuu kistum päällä.The cat sits on the chest.
2Kerii lankaa lastum päällä,Winds thread on the spindle,
3Kiikuttelee lasta.Rocks the child.

English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.

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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-085404 · Read at SKS ↗

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