RE: Three Tune Tuesday: Finnish Children's Songs from My Childhood
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Thank you! I did try to fix the error though, because I had remembered wrong, that the duckling would have been eaten by the snake, but it was actually the flea that got eaten, and the snake scared away the duckling and the frog. In the end of the song, only the water lily remained, and it felt lonely.
Here's a translation of the lyrics:
Finnish:
Pieni Ankanpoikanen
Pieni ankanpoikanen, polskutteli veessä,
pien ankanpoikanen, lumpeenlehden eessä.
Se lehdestä haukkasi palasen ja
sanoi sitten — "Mä olen iloinen".
"Olen ankanpoikanen, polskuttelen veessä."
"KVAK, KVAK , KVAK."
Pieni sammakko, kurnutteli veessä
pien sammakko, lumpeenlehden eessä.
Se sieppasi suuhunsa palasen,
jota ankka söi ja sanoi, "olen iloinen".
"Olen pieni sammakko, kurnuttelen veessä."
"KRR, KRR, KRR."
Pieni vesikirppu myös, uiskenteli veessä,
pien vesikirppu myös, lumpeenlehden eessä.
Ui luokse ankan ja sammakon
ja sanoi niille, "Iloinen tää veikko on".
"Olen vesikirppu vain, uiskentelen veessä."
"KUIK, KUIK, KUIK."
Pieni käärme veikeä, kiemurteli veessä,
pien käärme veikeä, lumpeenlehden eessä.
Pois pelotteli muut...
vesikirppusen söi suuhunsa...
ja sanoi, "olen iloinen".
"Olen käärme veikeä, kiemurtelen veessä."
"SSSS, SSSS. SSSS."
Pieni lumpeenlehti vain, yksin kelluu veessä,
pien lumpeenlehti vain, matalassa veessä.
Ei sammakkoa näy ei ankkaakaan,
pois käärme ui vesikirppu vatsassaan.
Pieni lumpeenlehti vain, yksin kelluu veessä.
"BUUU HUUU HUU"
English:
The Little Duckling
A little duckling, splashing in the water,
A little duckling, in front of a lily pad.
It took a bite of the leaf and
Then said — "I'm happy."
"I'm a little duckling, splashing in the water."
"QUACK, QUACK, QUACK."
A little frog, croaking in the water,
A little frog, in front of a lily pad.
It snatched a bite of the leaf,
Which the duck had eaten and said, "I'm happy."
"I'm a little frog, croaking in the water."
"RIBBIT, RIBBIT, RIBBIT."
A little water flea too, swimming in the water,
A little water flea too, in front of a lily pad.
It swam up to the duck and the frog
And said to them, "This fellow is happy."
"I'm just a water flea, swimming in the water."
"CLICK, CLICK, CLICK."
A little sly snake, slithering in the water,
A little sly snake, in front of a lily pad.
It scared the others away...
And ate the water flea...
Then said, "I'm happy."
"I'm a sly snake, slithering in the water."
"HISS, HISS, HISS."
A little lily pad, floating alone in the water,
A little lily pad, in the shallow water.
No frog in sight, no duckling either,
The snake swam away with the water flea in its belly.
A little lily pad, floating alone in the water.
"BOO HOO HOO."
Thank you for the translation.
You are welcome!