Nuku, nuku nurmilintu
In the SKVR edition: Hausj. Mikkola E. 87. 11.
SKVR textEnglish
1Nuku, nuku nurmilintu,Sleep, sleep, meadow-bird,
2väsy, väsy västäräkki,Rest, rest, white wagtail,
3tee tupas' Turun tielle,Make your hut on Turku's road,
4saunasesi Savon tielle,Your sauna on Savonia's road,
5aittasesi aidan rakoon!Your storehouse in the fence's crack!
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-047327 · Read at SKS ↗
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