Piis, piis, pientä lasta
In the SKVR edition: Nurmes. Collan Anni, n. 2 a. -08. Anni Piironen, 39 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Piis, piis, pientä lastaHush, hush, [for] the small child
2Pienen kakkaran eestä.For the sake of a small bun.
3Jollei kakkaraa anneta,If the bun is not given,
4Niin antakaa tuutun seistä.Then let the cradle stand still.
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-034232 · Read at SKS ↗
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