Tuuvin, tuuvin tyttöjäini

SKVR XIII4 11556·Kivennapa·1938·Collector: Mannonen, Ulla

In the SKVR edition: Kivennapa, Joutselkä. Mannonen, Ulla 6166. 38. Juhana Tikka, 60 v.

SKVR textEnglish

1Tuuvin, tuuvin tyttöjäini,I bring, I bring my girls,

2Viel paremmin poikajaini,Even better my boys,

3Poika se miulle minijän saapi,The boy, he gets me a daughter-in-law,

4Minijä saunan lämmittääpi;The daughter-in-law heats the sauna;

5Mää anoppi kylpemähän,I, the mother-in-law, go to bathe,

6Kivet on kylmät kiukuvalla,The stones are cold on the stove,

7Vastat puussa korkijalla,The whisks are in the tree on high,

8Ves on kaivossa syvässä,The water's in the deep well,

9Kappa on kaivon kannen päällä,The bucket's on the well's lid,

10Saippuvat sijan selässä,The soaps are on the back shelf,

11Mää anoppi kylpemähän!I, the mother-in-law, go 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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