Tuuti l lasta Tuanelaan

SKVR IX1 1172·Tammela·1875·Collector: Borenius, A. A.

In the SKVR edition: Tammela. Borenius. III A, 355. s. 75. Maija, muistiinpanijan veljen lapsenpiika.

SKVR textEnglish

1Tuuti ^l lasta TuanelaanBring the child to Tuonela

2Tuane^l laste^l lauleskella,At Tuoni's, with the children singing,

3Tuane^m piikaje^m piðelläUpon Tuoni's maidservants,

4Tuanelassa on uusi tupaIn Tuonela there is a new hut,

5Ovi ompi omenapuistaThe door is of apple trees,

6Kärensia kärpä^l luistaHinges from flies' bones,

7Peräseinä peura^l luistaBack wall from deer bones,

8Sivuseinä sirka^l luistaSide walls from crickets' bones,

9Piata piäni permantonaI press my head as the floor,

10Savi sininen kattoRoof of blue clay.

("Iso mamma sitä laulo")

(Kehto se on, misä lasta kiikutettaan).

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.
The editors’ notes, and the marks in the verses that point to them, are left out; they can be read at SKS.

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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