Tipahti tinanen neula
In the SKVR edition: Pielisj. Sjögren n. 202. -25.
SKVR textEnglish
Sisaliskon synnyn toisinto [ruots.].
1Tipahti tinanen neula,A tin needle dropped,
2Neula vaskinen valahti,A copper needle slipped,
3Läpi sormien solahti,Slid through the fingers,
4Kanattaren kartanolla,On the hen's estate-yard,
5Pystyyn pinoa vasten,Upright against a stack,
6Kohti puita koivusia.Toward the birch trees.
7Sisalisko sinun nimesi,Lizard is your name,
8Laho kanto kartanosi,Your manor a rotten stump,
9Koivupökkelö kotisi.Your home a birch-log chunk.
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.
- 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-036727 · Read at SKS ↗
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