Tii-tii, tikan poika
In the SKVR edition: Mäntyharju. Hotinen, J. n. 8. -1914.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tii-tii, tikan poikaTii-tii, woodpecker's son
2Teki tielle nauriin.Placed a turnip on the road.
3Tuli tuhma talonpoika,Came a mischievous farmer,
4Napoi tikan nauriin.Snatched the woodpecker's turnip.
[Sama, sama mp:ja n. 06a. 1907. Mäntyharju.]
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’ 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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-024330 · Read at SKS ↗
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