Tuoppa se isä illalla kotiin
In the SKVR edition: Koivisto, Mannola. Yhteishyvä 1930, n:o 17. [[1930]] Kristiina Parkki.
SKVR textEnglish
Isän poissa viipyessä lauloi äiti:
1Tuoppa se isä illalla kotiinBring, father, home in the evening
2Pimiällä pilkkoisella,On the dark, speckled (night)
3Tuo pojalles potra hattu,Bring your son a powdered hat
4Tyttärelles tyynyvaate!For your daughter, a pillowcase!
5Poika se pehmittää pellot,The boy softens the fields
6Aian vieret astuvoi,Steps along the fence's edge
7Tyttöis' saunat lämmittää,The girls heat the saunas
8Tuopi vastat varvikosta,Brings whisks from juniper groves
9Kakkarat kanervikosta,Heather clumps from heathlands
10Munakuoret koivikosta.Eggshells [birch bark] from birch woods
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-077901 · Read at SKS ↗
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