Ei tiijjä tekijäeukko

SKVR XIII2 5091·Rautu·1935·Collector: Kaukonen, Katri

In the SKVR edition: Rautu, Palkeala. Kaukonen, K. 153. 35. Tarja Sorvali, 92 v.

SKVR textEnglish

Lapselle lauletaan:

1Ei tiijjä tekijäeukko,The creator woman does not know,

2Kelles tuutii tytärtä,To whom she brought the daughter,

3Kelles lasta liekuttaa:To whom to rock the child:

4Tuutiikos tuvalliselleDid she bring to the house-owner

5Vai tuutii tuvattomalle.Or to the homeless one?

6Käs on lyötty kätkyessä,A hand is struck in the cradle,

7Kapaloissa kauppa tehty,A deal made in swaddling bands,

8Puol' on poikii keralla,Half the sons together,

9Ulkomua urroihe kans.To foreign lands with heroes.

10La mie tuuvvin tyttöjäin,Now I, in a boat of girls,

11Sen paremmin poikijain,Even better of the boys,

12Poika miulle minjän tuop,A son brings me a forest [gift?],

13Mmjä saunan lämmittää,I heat the sauna,

14Viel on vastat varvikossa,Still obstacles in the thicket,

15Ves on kaivossa syvässä,Water is in the deep well,

16Korenta kovan takana,A serpent behind hard [stone],

17Nyt mie anop kylpemään.Now I bid mother-in-law to bathe.

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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