Tuu, tuu, tupakkirulla
In the SKVR edition: Tyrvää. Ahlstedt. n. 89. - 4/4 04. Illo. Anna-Stiina Korkeemäki, 70 v.
SKVR textEnglish
Kehtolaulu.
1Tuu, tuu, tupakkirulla,Come, come, tobacco-roll,
2Mistäs tiesit tänne tulla?How did you know to come here?
3- Tulin pitkin Turkutietä,I came along the Turku road,
4Hämeenlinnan härkätietä,Hämeenlinna’s ox-road,
5Porin tietä pötköttelin.I tumbled along Pori’s road.
6- Mistäs meidän portin tiesit?How did you know our gate?
7- Rautarengas, tervaristi,An iron ring, a tar-cross,
8Teiðän portisa oli,Were at your gate,
9Pukinsarvesta saranakkin,A hinge from a goat’s horn,
10Näkkin nakkin saranakkin.A creaking latch as hinge.
11Muari juaksi peräsämme,The old woman drove behind us,
12Toi sukat ja kengät.Brought socks and shoes.
13Ja hoppee nuörit alla,And silver trimmings below,
14Ja kultanyörit päällä.Golden trimmings above.
15Piika istu kistun päällä,The maid sat on the chest,
16Ja keri lankaa lastun päälle,And spun thread on the shuttle,
17Tekkee siittä kellaset kengät,Making glossy shoes from it,
18Punaset sukat niettä hohtaa.Red socks the maiden gleams.
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-054841 · Read at SKS ↗
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