Tuo surma suota myöten
In the SKVR edition: Uusikirkko, Haapala. Paulaharju 211. 03. Katri Huhtanen.
SKVR textEnglish
Tuutilaulu.
1Tuo surma suota myöten,Bring Death along the swamp,
2tauti talvitietä myöten,Disease along the winter road,
3Säkkijärven jäätä myöten,Along Säkkijärvi's ice,
4tapa lapset lattialta,Kill children from the floor,
5likkalapset kätkyehen,Toss the rag-children to cradles,
6vanhat ämmät kiukahalle!Old hags to the stove-bench!
7Miepä tien surmalle sukat,I'll get Death's road-socks,
8hanskat hauan kaivajalle,Gloves for the grave-digger,
9kengät kellon soittajalle.Shoes for the bell-ringer.
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-077003 · Read at SKS ↗
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