Tuuti, tuuti, tupakkirulla

In the SKVR edition: Turtola. PLK. L 179. -15. Pellon kk:n oppilaat.

SKVR textEnglish

1Tuuti, tuuti, tupakkirulla,Hush, hush, tobacco-roll,

2Kuka sinun käski tänne tulla?Who ordered you to come here?

3Itse tulin tietä myöten,I came myself along the path,

4Ketuja myöten ketkuttelin,Through the bushes I toddled,

5Aitoja myöten astuskelin.Along the fences I stepped.

6Mistä tulet? Taivaasta.Where do you come from? From the sky.

7Mitä sietä tekemästä?What are you doing here?

8Jumalan lintuja paimentamasta.From herding God’s birds.

9Mitä säit palkaksesi?What did you say your reward was?

10Viisi, kuusi poikalasta.Five, six boys.

11Mitkä niiten nimet ovat?What are their names?

12Eetami, Aatami,Eetami, Aatami,

13Suutari, raatari,Shoemaker, councilor,

14Teeppäs mulle mustat kenkän nipottimet, napottimet,Make me black shoe laces, clasps,

15Että pääsen Ouluun,So I can reach Oulu,

16Oulusta kouluun, koulusta naimaanFrom Oulu to school, from school to wed

17Pillipiiparin tytärtä,The pipe piper’s daughter,

18Jotal ei jaksa hepo vettää.So the horse can’t pull [her cart].

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.

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