Nuku, nurmen lintu
In the SKVR edition: Kemi. Paloheimo, A. 10. -09.
SKVR textEnglish
1Nuku, nurmen lintu,Sleep, meadow's bird,
2Väsy, västäräkki!Rest, wagtail!
3Kyllä sinun herra herättääpi,Truly your master will wake you,
4Vittan varpu virvottaapi,The birch's twig will revive you,
5Koivun oksa oikaseepi.The birch's branch will straighten [you].
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-063211 · Read at SKS ↗
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