Till lill, lilli, liina-mekko
In the SKVR edition: Lemi. Kouvo, H. n. 54. -1888.
SKVR textEnglish
Tuutu lauluja.
1Till lill, lilli, liina-mekko,Dill-flower, lily, linen-dressed one,
2Nurmen nukka, pellon kukka,Meadow's tuft, field's blossom,
3Eipä tiijä mamma rukka,Poor mother doesn't know,
4Missä lapset lauleloo,Where the children sing,
5Veljekset ne vehtelöövät,Brothers swing their arms,
6Sisaret siritelöövät.Sisters chirp and twitter,
7Meren rannal kiven päällä.On a stone by the sea's edge.
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-023709 · Read at SKS ↗
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