Älä itke, pieni lapsi
In the SKVR edition: Lemi. Kouvo, H. n. 20. -1885.
SKVR textEnglish
Kehtolaulu.
1Älä itke, pieni lapsi,Don't cry, little child,
2Kohta nyt kesä tuleepi,Soon now summer will come,
3Lintu tuopi liina paijan,The bird brings a linen shirt,
4Pääskyläinen päänalusen,The swallow [brings] a pillow,
5Korholainen korvatyynyn.The crow [brings] an ear-pillow.
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-023558 · Read at SKS ↗
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