Tuopo kasvo kaunis tammi
In the SKVR edition: Porajärvi. Krohn n. 6233. - Marja Filatovna Kuśma; isä Lietteestä (Suoj.).
SKVR textEnglish
[Omenatammi - Iso tammi].
1Tuopo kasvo kaunis tammi,There grew a beautiful oak,
2Tammel on oksat tažaset,The oak has even branches,
3Joka n'oksal on omena,On each branch is an apple,
4N'omenal on kulta pyörö,On the apple is a golden sphere,
5Kulta pyöröl on käkönen.On the golden sphere is a cuckoo.
6Min käkö kukahtanoopi,Why does the cuckoo not crow?
7Kulta suusta kupluvuopi,Gold bubbles from its mouth,
8Vaski leuvoilt on valuupiCopper flows from its jaws,
9Kultasehen kuppisehen,Into a golden cup,
10Vaskisehen vakkasehen.Into a copper vessel.
11Kunnes nämä on porot kaatah?Until when will these reindeer fell them?
12Kirjavan kiven sivulla.On the side of a painted stone.
13Tuohon kasvo kaunis tammi,There grew a beautiful oak,
14Tammel on oksat tazaset,The oak has even branches,
15Joka oksal on n'omena.On each branch is an apple.
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 editors’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.
- 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-005879 · Read at SKS ↗
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