Aa aa nukkumaan
In the SKVR edition: Pöytyä. Lehtisalo T. V. 809. 08.
SKVR textEnglish
1Aa aa nukkumaanAa aa, to sleep
2lapsempiika torkkumaanThe child's nursemaid to doze
3kukas lasta kiikuttaaWho will rock the child?
4kissa lasta kiikuttaaThe cat will rock the child
5kukas kissam_palkam_maksaaWho will pay the cat's wage?
6hämäläinen härkäThe Häme ox
7pappilam_paras paistillammasThe parsonage's finest roast-sheep
8sian torahammas.The pig's tusk-tooth.
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-043144 · Read at SKS ↗
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