Tuu, tuu tummalla kirkkoon
In the SKVR edition: Rovaniemi. PLK. H 252. -15. Muurolan kk:n oppilaat.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tuu, tuu tummalla kirkkoon,Come, come to the dim church,
2Sieltä poikkee tätin tykö!From there, stop by Auntie's place!
3Täti kakun leipoo,Aunt bakes a/the cake,
4Toveri puuron keittää,The companion cooks the porridge,
5Noppe lusikat pesee.Quickly washes the spoons.
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-063067 · Read at SKS ↗
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