Piik(a) istuu kistun pääl
In the SKVR edition: Pöytyä. Vihervaara E. 1780. 11. Kolkkinen. Josefiina Nurmela.
SKVR textEnglish
Tuutilaulu.
1Piik(a) istuu kistun pääl,The maid sits on the chest,
2Kiikuttaa lasta.Rocking the child.
3Muar meni Ruattiin,Mother went to Sweden,
4Faar meni Saksaan:Father went to Germany:
5Tua lapsel punaset sukat,Bring the child red socks,
6Korkokenkät,High-heeled shoes,
7Tinatriskii, hopia priskii,Tin trinkets, silver sparkles,
8Kultakruunun päähän.A golden crown upon [the] head.
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-043844 · Read at SKS ↗
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