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Tuuvin lasta turvakseni

SKVR VII2 3691·Suistamo·1909·Collector: Lukkarinen, Juho

In the SKVR edition: Suistamo. Lukkar. n. 278. -09. Loimola. Matjoi Plattonen.

Song type: Tuuti lasta turvakseni

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SKVR textEnglish
1Tuuvin lasta turvakseni,I brought a child as my shelter,
2Vaapun lasta varakseni,I nurtured a child as my store,
3Turva nuoresta tuleepi,Protection indeed comes from the young,
4Vara vasta kasvajasta.Wealth [comes] only from what grows.

English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.

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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-034405 · Read at SKS ↗

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