Annikka Turusen tyttö

SKVR V2 2532·Lempaala·1847·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Lempaala, Kuivaisi. Europæus K 661. 47.

SKVR textEnglish

1Annikka Turusen tyttö,Annikka, Turunen's girl,

2Turun tyttö, saaren neitoTurku's girl, the island maiden,

3Istu Turun sillan päässä.Sat at the end of Turku's bridge.

4Piika pilvellä ajavi,The maid rode on a cloud,

5Hattaralla haihattaviDrifted on frost's shimmer,

6Helmat hyyssä, polvet jäässä,Skirts in a wrap, knees in ice,

7Jäinen kattila käessä,An icy kettle in hand,

8Jäinen kauha kattilassa.An icy ladle in the kettle.

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.
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.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.