Tuuti lasta Tuonelahan
In the SKVR edition: Uskela. Kallio E. I. 196. 09.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tuuti lasta Tuonelahan.Lull the child to Tuonela.
2Tuonelas on tupa tehty,In Tuonela, a hut is built,
3Sannalla seinät silitetyt,With sand the walls are smoothed,
4Santa on pantu sammaleiksi.Sand is laid as moss.
5Siel on ovet omenapuusta,There, doors are of apple wood,
6Kädensijat kärpänluusta.Handles from a fly's bone.
7Ei sinne kuulu kukon laulu.No rooster's song is heard there,
8Eikä sinne kuulu juopon pauhu.Nor a drunkard's clamor.
9Siellä on lapsen niin hyvä olla.There, the child dwells so well.
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-043189 · Read at SKS ↗
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