Mitä tiitität, tianen
In the SKVR edition: Repola (kk). Eur. G, n. 17. - 46.
SKVR textEnglish
1"Mitä tiitität, tianen,"What do you know, little titmouse,
2Lintu tuima, tuikuttelet?"Wild bird, why do you twitter?"
3"Vierevettä soahaxeni,"Shore-water to obtain for myself,
4Pakkasen panelemia,The frost's repeated layings,
5Kovan ilman koskemia?"The harsh weather's touchings?"
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-006102 · Read at SKS ↗
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