Tii tii tianen
In the SKVR edition: Kuusjoki. Pennanen S. 35. 13.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tii tii tianenTweet tweet, titmouse
2vati kuti varpunenLike a wagtail, like a sparrow
3kusa sinun pesäs onWhere is your nest?
4kuivanus kuusesIn a dried-out spruce
5palanus paijus.In a burned willow.
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-043041 · Read at SKS ↗
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