Nuku nuku nunneriainen
In the SKVR edition: Yläne. Vihervaara E. 334. 09. Maria Ylijoki. M.p. Pöytyällä.
SKVR textEnglish
Kehtolaulu.
1"Nuku nuku nunneriainen,Sleep, sleep, little sleeper,
2pane maate mansukainen,Lay down, gentle berry-child,
3kyl Herra unta lainaa."Surely the Lord lends sleep.
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-042962 · Read at SKS ↗
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