Tiirul, liirul piika paimen
In the SKVR edition: Hauho. Toivonen K. K. HO 29 23. 13. Kokkila. Maija Martikainen, 61 v., synt. Tuuloksessa.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tiirul, liirul piika paimen,"Tiirul, liirul, maiden shepherd,"
2aja karjas tälle maalle,"Drive the herd to this land,"
3tääll on heinä hempeämpi,"Here the hay is more tender,"
4mustikka on mustempi,"the blueberry is darker,"
5mansikka on makeampi"the strawberry is sweeter,"
6puolan kylki punasempi."the flank's side is redder."
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-046729 · Read at SKS ↗
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