Tii, tii tiane
In the SKVR edition: Uskela. Valve Antti 54. 10. Maria Vallin.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tii, tii tiane,"Tii, tii, little one," or "Tii, tii, road-dweller,"
2Vati, kuti varpune,"Vati, like a sparrow,"
3Kusas sinum_pesäs on?"Where is your nest?"
4- Taivan kirkkan kannen all;"Under the bright sky’s cover;"
5Sielä rikkat riitelevät,"There the wealthy quarrel,"
6Talompojat_tappelevat."The common folk fight."
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-043009 · Read at SKS ↗
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