Insects
Fly, fly, ladybird!
Fly, fly, ladybird,
will the weather be fair tomorrow?
Whichever way it flies – toward the sun or away –
from that direction the good weather will come.
Endla Korila, 58 a. Otepää khk, Pilkuse k. Koguja Mall Hiiemäe 1982. RKM II 362, 325 (12). Foto: Tõstamaa khk, Ermistu k. Foto: Natali Ponetajev 2019. Inglise tõlge: Taive Särg..
Hello, hello, black grouse,
Where are you going, barnacle goose?
“I’m going to the gadfly’s funeral.”
“Who killed the gadfly?”
“The pig with its hoof,
The sheep with its shoulder blade,
The goat with its little nose,
The horse with its horseshoe,
The stallion with its hoof,
The old man with the broom handle.”
Tere, tere, teder,
kus sa lähed, lagle?
"Ma lähen parmu peiedele."
"Kes parmu ära tappis?"
"Siga oma sõraga,
lammas labaluuga,
kits kitsa ninaga,
hobu umbrauaga,
täkk oma kabjaga,
vanamees luuavarrega."