Aa lasta nukkumaan
In the SKVR edition: Kuusjoki. Kallio V. J. 265. 09.
SKVR textEnglish
1Aa lasta nukkumaanAh, put the child to sleep
2Lapsen piika torkkumaanThe child's maid to doze
3Kukas sitten kiikuttaaWho then will rock [the cradle]?
4Kyllä kissa kiikuttaaSurely the cat will rock it
5Mitäs kissal palkkaaWhat's the cat's reward then?
6Maaherran kukkoThe governor's rooster
7Pispan paras paistinlammas.The bishop's finest roast lamb
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-043125 · Read at SKS ↗
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