Tuuvittelen tyttölasta
In the SKVR edition: [Uusikirkko?] Europ. K 406. 47.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tuuvittelen tyttölasta,I soothe the girl child,
2Sen paremmin poikalasta.But better [I treat] the boy child.
3Poika miulle minjän tuopi,The boy brings mead to me,
4Minjä saunan lämmittääpi:The mead heats the sauna:
5Tuu, anoppi, kylpemähän,Come, mother-in-law, to bathe,
6Vastat on vanhassa luhissa,The whisks are in the old basket,
7Saavi on saunan porstuassa,The bucket's in the sauna's vestibule,
8Vesi on viien virstan päässä.The water's five virstas away.
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-077344 · Read at SKS ↗
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