Tuutu, tuutu, pojaistaiń
In the SKVR edition: Kokkosalmi. Väisänen, säv. kok. n. 412, phon. 97 a. 15. Ol'ona Sergejeva.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tuutu, tuutu, pojaistaiń,Hush, hush, my little son,
2Paiu, paiu, pojaistaiń!Soothe, soothe, my little son!
3Tule, uni, ulkosestaCome, sleep, from the outdoors,
4Lapsen pienen pieluksilla,To the small child's edges,
5Vakavaisen vuattevuilla!On the calm one's garments!
6Käyhän, uni, kätkysehen,Enter, sleep, into the cradle,
7Pojan pienen pieluksilla,To the small boy's edges,
8Vakavaisen vuattevuilla!On the calm one's garments!
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-002033 · Read at SKS ↗
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