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Nuku, nuku nurkilintu

SKVR IX1 1070·Hattula·1914·Collector: Salo, Aukusti

In the SKVR edition: Hattula. Salo Aukusti. 448. 14. Hilma Laakso, 12 v.

Song type: Kyllä Herra herättää

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SKVR textEnglish
1Nuku, nuku nurkilintu,Sleep, sleep, corner-bird,
2Väsy, väsy västäräkki,Rest, rest, little wagtail,
3Herra sun kyllä herättääpi,The master will surely wake you,
4Vittanvarpu virvoittaapi.The switch-twig will rouse you.

English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.

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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-047377 · Read at SKS ↗

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