Uni se ulkona kyseli
In the SKVR edition: Hauho. Leander. 101. 13. Alvettula. Miina Nurminen, 64 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Uni se ulkona kyseli,Sleep, it asked outside,
2onko lasta kätkyessä,Is there a child in the cradle,
3pientä pehkujen seassa,A tiny one among the swaddling cloths,
4unen sulka tuokkosessa,Sleep's feather in a cluster,
5jolla siveli neitosensa.With which he stroked his maiden.
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-048002 · Read at SKS ↗
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