Nuku, nuku, lapsoseni
In the SKVR edition: Ylitornio. PLK. P 2. -15. Kainuun kk:n oppilaat.
SKVR textEnglish
1Nuku, nuku, lapsoseni,Sleep, sleep, my little child,
2Nuku, nuku, nurmelle,Sleep, sleep, on the meadow,
3Väsy, väsy, västäräkki!Tire, tire, wagtail!
4Kyllä Herra herättää.The Lord will surely awaken [you].
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-063227 · Read at SKS ↗
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