Tii, tii, tianen
In the SKVR edition: Muurla. Saariluoma V. 239. 12. Emil Vuorinen.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tii, tii, tianenChirp, chirp, titmouse
2vaa vaa varppunenChirp, chirp, little sparrow
3Misä sinun pesäs onWhere is your nest?
4Merjäsä mennysTo Merjä(sä) it has gone / Gone to the sea
5Palanusa paijusBurned in the cradle
6Paskasa haijusStinking in filth
7Uurentuva reställ.Decaying on the rack/cross
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’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.
- 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-043034 · Read at SKS ↗
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