Piis, piis, pikkusta lasta!
In the SKVR edition: Rovaniemi. PLK. H 531. -15. Tapion kk:n oppilaat.
SKVR textEnglish
1Piis, piis, pikkusta lasta!Hush, hush, little child!
2Mikä tuolla lapsela lienee,What might ail that child there,
3Kun ei nuku eikä piere?Since it neither sleeps nor farts?
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.
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-063283 · Read at SKS ↗
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