Tii tii, tikan poika
In the SKVR edition: Viipurin pit. Vanhakylä. Alava 282. 90. Eeva Sorvali, 50 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tii tii, tikan poika,Tii tii, woodpecker's son,
2Teki pienen nauriin;Made a small turnip;
3Tuli tuhnia talonpoika,Came a sooty farmer,
4Söi tikan nauriin.Ate the woodpecker's turnip.
5Tikka itki illitteli,The woodpecker wept and wailed,
6Talonpoika nauro.The farmer laughed.
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-077867 · Read at SKS ↗
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