Tiit tiit tianen lintu
In the SKVR edition: Uskela. Kallio E. I. 267. 09.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tiit tiit tianen lintuTit tit, little titmouse bird
2Västäräkki vähänen lintuWagtail, tiny little bird
3Hyppäs aitan porttalHopped onto the barn's entrance
4Tappoi isäs, tappoi äitis,Killed your father, killed your mother,
5Tahro minunki tappaTahro, kill me too
6Minä metsän pakosiI fled into the forest
7Kultaista kuja myöteAlong a golden path,
8Hopiaista karjatietä.A silver cattle track.
9Metsä minul köpi annoiThe forest gave me a pine cone
10Minä köpi vanhal ämmälI gave the pine cone to the old woman
11Vanha äm mul kaku leiposThe old woman baked me a cake
12Minä kaku kalamiehel,I gave the cake to the fisherman
13Kalamies mul kaloi annoiThe fisherman gave me fish
14Minä kala sia suuhuI put the fish into the pig's mouth
15Sika minul liikjös annoiThe pig gave me meat/mud
16Minä liikjö koira suuhuI put the meat/mud into the dog's mouth
17Koira minul oravi haukkusThe dog barked [at] a squirrel for me
18Minä orava kotkalinnulI gave the squirrel to the eagle
19Kotkalint mul siippes lainaks annoThe eagle lent me its wings
20Yli meren mennäksenTo cross over the sea,
21Takaperin tullaksen.To come back reversed.
22Siel mä vast ihmeitä näinThere I finally saw wonders:
23Kun sija sotkusi taikinaA pig kneading dough,
24Härjä hakkasi piruiAn ox chopping the devil,
25Piika röhkisi lätis,A maid grunting in mud,
26Ja trenki huikkasi pihatos.And a farmhand yelling in the yard.
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-044554 · Read at SKS ↗
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