Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu
In the SKVR edition: Rovaniemi. PLK. 1159. -15. Korkalon kk:n oppilaat.
SKVR textEnglish
1Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu,Sleep, sleep, meadow-bird,
2Nuku, kun minä nukutan,Sleep as I lull you,
3Väsy, väsy, västäräkki,Rest, rest, wagtail,
4Väsy kun minä väsytän!Rest as I weary you!
5Kyllä Herra herättääpiTruly the Lord will awaken,
6Ja vitsanvarpu virvoittaapi.And the switch-twig will revive.
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 editors’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.
- 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-063231 · Read at SKS ↗
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