Aa, lullaa lasta
In the SKVR edition: Mäntyharju. Kantele, Toini n. 56. -1913. Hilja Vesalainen, 25 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Aa, lullaa lasta,Ah, rock the child,
2Tule surma vastaa,Come confront death,
3Lyö kurikalla kummastakkii,Strike with the rod from both sides,
4Ammua sekä lasta!Guard the child also!
[Sama n. 59. Mäntyharju. Leena Hotinen, n. 50 v. 1913. 1-3 samat; 4 :Ammaas. l.]
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.
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-023442 · Read at SKS ↗
Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.