Nuku nurmilintuseni
In the SKVR edition: Kuusjoki. Kallio V. J. 329. 09.
SKVR textEnglish
1Nuku nurmilintuseniSleep, my meadow bird
2Väsy väkkärästessäniRest while I labor
3Nuku, kun mä nukutanSleep, as I lull you
4Väsy kun mä väsytänRest as I weary you
5Uni tulee uunin päältäSleep comes from the hearth
6Sivu lasta silmän päälle.Beside the child, over the eyes
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-042977 · Read at SKS ↗
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