Tii tii tiaanen
In the SKVR edition: Sammatti. Ruoppila, V. 57. 31. Elviira Malmström, 70 v. Synt. Suomusjärvellä.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tii tii tiaanen,Twee twee titmouse,
2Vaa vaa varpunen,Vaa vaa little sparrow,
3Kusa sinun pesäs on?Where is your nest?
4Kuivas kuuses, märjäs männys,In a dry spruce, in a wet pine,
5Haisevaises halavas.In the smelly willows.
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-086436 · Read at SKS ↗
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