Aa lasta nukkuma
In the SKVR edition: Nousiainen. Saarimaa E. A. 454. 09.
SKVR textEnglish
1Aa lasta nukkuma,Ah, put the child to sleep,
2lapsempiika torkkuma.the nursemaid to dozing.
3Kukas sitten_kiikutta,Who then will rock,
4ku lapsempiika torkku?when the nursemaid dozes?
5Kyllä kissa kiikutta.Indeed, the cat will rock.
6Kukas kissam_palka maksa?Who will pay the cat's wage?
7Hämelinna härkä,Häme Castle's ox,
8Turulinna lehmä,Turku Castle's cow,
9Koevaste vasikka,Koivisto's calf,
10pispam_paras lammas,Pispala's finest sheep,
11sian_torahammas.the pig's tusk.
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-043160 · Read at SKS ↗
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