Tui, tui, tupakkirurla
In the SKVR edition: Sodankylä. PLK. N 22. -15. Kirkonkylän kk:n oppilaat.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tui, tui, tupakkirurla,Come, come, tobacco-roller!
2Kuka käski Turusta tulla?Who ordered [you] to come from Turku?
3Itte lulin tietä myöten.I myself decided! Along the way.
4Mitä sait palkasta?What did you get as payment?
5Viisi, kuusi poikalasta.Five, six little boys.
6Mitkä niiten nimet ovat?What are their names?
7Iitami, Aatami,Isaac, Adam,
8Suutari, Raatari,Shoemaker, Wheelwright,
9Pikilankan pihtari.Thin-wire plier.
10Teetpä mulle kengät,Make me shoes,
11Niputtimet, naputtimet,Clasps, buttons,
12Etta pääsen naimiin!So I can get married!
13Liinaharja linkolella,Flaxen-mane [horse] swiftly,
14Punaluokki lunkolella.Red-sided [horse] calmly.
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-064291 · Read at SKS ↗
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