Tuutipa tuuti lastajani

SKVR IV3 3356·Koprina·1907·Collector: Salminen, Väinö

In the SKVR edition: Koprina, Porissova. Väinö Salminen. n. 1234. 1907.

SKVR textEnglish

1"Tuutipa tuuti lastajani."Rock, rock my little child."

2Mitä itket tyttäreni,"Why do you weep, my daughter,"

3Mitä valkoinen valitat?""Why does my fair one lament?"

4"Sitä itken mie, isoini,"I weep for this, my father,"

5Sitä valkoinen valitan,"This is why my fair self grieves,"

6Ei oo paian antajaista,"There's no giver of comfort,"

7Ku ei oo ilmoissa emova"For there's no mother in creation,"

8Sekä maire mammajain."Nor my sweet little mother."

9Vieraat miulle paian antoi."Strangers gave me clothing,"

10Ku oisi oma emoini,"If only my own mother were here,"

11Se ois maire mammajain!"She'd be my sweet little mother!"

12Itse pyysin pyhän paian,"I myself asked for holy garb,"

13Arkipaian anto vieras."The stranger gave workday rags."

14Niin tekkööpi vieras vaimo,"Thus acts the foreign woman,"

15Vieras vaimo ja vihainen,"The foreign and angry woman,"

16Tuntoo työltä tullehein,"Notices when I come from work,"

17Ei tunne väsynehein,"Doesn't notice my weariness,"

18Uhittaapi ulkotöil,"Drives me to outdoor tasks,"

19Lähettääpi läävätöil."Sends me to barn duties."

20Niin tekköö vieras vaimo,"So does the foreign woman,"

21Vieras vaimo ja vihanen:"The foreign and spiteful woman:"

22Tuolt leipää leinattelen,"From there I begrudgingly get bread,"

23Tuop maitosen manaten,"Fetch milk with reproach,"

24Kirnumaitosen kiroten;"Butter milk with curses;"

25Vällee varis välipalal."At times a crow gets my snack."

26Ko ois oma mun emonen"If only my own mother were here,"

27Sekä maire mammosein,"My sweet little mother too,"

28Tuntoo työltä tullehein,"Notices when I come from work,"

29Tuntoo väsynnehein."Notice my weariness."

30Oma emo, oma moamo"Own mother, own dear mother,"

31Lähettääpi uunin peäl;"Would let me rest on the oven;"

32Pyyä voit pytkyn peäl,"Spread butter on the bench's edge,"

33Tuo ehtonen emonen,"The evening mother brings,"

34Lämmin leipä, voipalanen;"Warm bread, a butter slice;"

35Sit on ehtosen emon sanane.""That's the evening mother's saying."

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 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.

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