Poikoi tuima Tuurikkainen
In the SKVR edition: [Tyrö, Harjavalta]. D. E. D. Europaeus. III 3. 130. 1853.
SKVR textEnglish
1Poikoi tuima Tuurikkainen,A fierce Tuurikkainen arises,
2Poikoi Tuurista tulee,He comes from Tuuri's realm,
3Viipurista viuhkaseeSwoops swiftly from Viipuri,
4Viemästä verojyviä,To seize the tax-grain,
5Maarahoja maxamasta.Land-dues from paying.
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-012247 · Read at SKS ↗
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