Tule uniukko meille

SKVR IV3 3295·Liissilä·1906·Collector: Salminen, Väinö

In the SKVR edition: Liissilä, Uljana. Väinö Salminen. n. 1033. 1906.

SKVR textEnglish

1Tule uniukko meille,Come, Sleep-Bringer, to us,

2Tuo sie unta tullessais!Bring sleep as you come!

3Nukuta Jumala lasta,Lull God's child to sleep,

4Sio lapsen silmät kii,Close the child's eyes tight,

5Kuro lapsen kulmat kii;Draw the eyelids closed;

6Saisin itse muotaksein,That I might rest myself,

7Kylässä käyväksein,To walk through the village,

8Pitkät penkit pessäksein,To wash the long benches,

9Lyhemmät lykätäksein,To push the shorter ones,

10Lattiat loajasaksein.To sweep the floors clean.

11Tulee surma suota myöten,Death comes through the swamp,

12Tallajaa tauti tietä myöten,Disease tramples the road,

13Tullee surma suon takanta,Death comes from the marsh's rear,

14Tallaa tatterin perältä.Trampling from the ragged edge.

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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