Tii, tii, tikan poika
In the SKVR edition: Kemi. PLK. C 11. -15. Karihaaran kk:n oppilaat.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tii, tii, tikan poika,Tii, tii, woodpecker's child,
2Tekipä se tielle naurista.He made a turnip on the road.
3Tulipa se paha paimenpoika,Then came the wicked shepherd boy,
4Söipä se tikalta naurista.He ate the turnip from the woodpecker.
5Tikka se itkiä tillitteli,The woodpecker whimpered and cried,
6Paimenpoika se nauro.The shepherd boy laughed.
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-064551 · Read at SKS ↗
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