Tuuti, tuuti, lapsiani
In the SKVR edition: Uhut. Väisänen, säv. kok. n. 531, phon. 120 b. 15. S't'epanie Ontrono, synt. Uhtuessa.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tuuti, tuuti, lapsiani,Hush, hush, my children,
2Tuuti, tuuti, pieniäni!Hush, hush, my little ones!
3Maria makauttamahe,Mary to lay [them] down into,
4Pyhä risti nostamahe.The holy cross to raise into.
5Vassuksie voittamahe,Garments to prepare into,
6Katehie kuatamahe.Covers to adorn into.
7Makaappas no manterella,Lie down now on the earth,
8Pyhän pellon pientarella!The holy field's little edge!
9Miep' on tuut'in tyttölastaI have lulled a girl-child
10Poikalapsen puolisoksi,As a boy-child's spouse,
11Repopaturkilla rekehen,With a patched coat into the sleigh,
12Kauppamiehellä kanaksi,For a merchant as a hen,
13Porvalilla puolisoksi.For a bourgeois as a spouse.
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-002069 · Read at SKS ↗
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