Uu uu uniäijä
In the SKVR edition: Yläne. Vihervaara E. 5. 09. Gabriel Lääkinoja. M.p.Pöytyällä.
SKVR textEnglish
Kehtolaulu Yläneeltä.
1"Uu uu uniäijä,"Ooh ooh, sleep-bringer,"
2tule alas uunin päältä"come down from the stove's top,"
3pottis kansa, sulkas kansa"pot-folk, feathered folk,"
4lapsen silmiä sivelemmään.""to stroke the child’s eyes."
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.
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-043647 · Read at SKS ↗
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