Tii tii tianen
In the SKVR edition: Pöytyä. Vihervaara E. 326. 09. Auvainen. Hanna Rontteli.
SKVR textEnglish
Kektolaulu.
1"Tii tii tianen,"Tii tii, little titmouse,"
2vaka lintu varpunen,"steadfast bird, little sparrow,"
3kusa sinun pesäs on?"where is your nest?"
4Kuivasa kuusesa,"In the dry spruce,"
5märänneesä männysä,"in the wet pine,"
6krassapään katavan alla.""under the adorned-head shelter."
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-043051 · Read at SKS ↗
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