Yö lintu, hämärän lintu

SKVR V1 526·Toksova·1847·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Toksova]. Europ. J 136. 47.

SKVR textEnglish

1Yö lintu, hämärän lintu,Night bird, bird of dusk,

2Päivän lintu, pääskyläinenDay bird, little swallow,

3Ezi maata maataksensa,Sought a place to rest,

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5Murtoa muniaksensa.A nest to lay her eggs.

6Löys tuo suolta suuren koivun,She found a great birch in the swamp,

7Niityltä niverän koivunA sappy birch from the meadow,

8Ja katajan kankeloisen;And a gnarled juniper;

9Tuoss' oli maata maataksensa,There was a place to rest,

10Lehtoa levätäksensä,A grove to repose in,

11Murtoa muniaksensa:A nest to lay her eggs:

12Mun' tuo kultaisen munaisen,She laid a golden egg,

13Hopiaisen ympyrläisen.A silvery orb.

14Tul' tuo suuri pohjatuuli,Then came the great north wind,

15Kaas' pesosen kallellehen,Drove the nestling to the brink,

16Sysähytti syrjällehen;Thrust it aside;

17Muna vierähti vetehen,The egg rolled into water,

18Hopiainen ympyrläinen.The silvery orb.

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 editors’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.
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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