Mistäs tiesit tuhma tulla

SKVR XIII2 3587·Hiitola·1850·Collector: Saukko, Fr.

In the SKVR edition: Hiitola, Mustola. Saukko 41a. 50.

SKVR textEnglish

1Mistäs tiesit tuhma tulla,From where did you know to come, foolish one,

2Orokärsä tien osasitPig-snout, you found the path,

3Tähän kuuluhun kylähän,To this renowned village,

4Kartanohon kauniahan?To the splendid manor?

5Tulit sie sian tietä myöten,Did you come by the pig's path,

6Vai lammasten ratoa,Or the sheep's track,

7Tahi lehmän leipotinta,Or the cow's bread-trail,

8Nukkavierossa nutussa,In a nap-tax cloak,

9Karvaviero kauhtanossa?In a fur-tax caftan?

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.

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