Nuku, nuku, nurmen nukka
In the SKVR edition: Metsäpirtti, Vaskela. Koskivaara 12. 12. Maria Koskivaara, 41 v:, kuullut äidiltään Jerlan Outelta.
SKVR textEnglish
1Nuku, nuku, nurmen nukka,Sleep, sleep, down of the meadow,
2väsy, väsy västäräkki,Tire, tire, wagtail,
3nuku nurmelle hyvälle,Sleep onto the good meadow,
4vaivu mualle valkialle!Sink onto the white earth!
5Nuku pois ku mie nukutan,Sleep away as I lull you,
6väsy pois ku mie väsytän!Tire away as I weary 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-076815 · Read at SKS ↗
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