Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu
In the SKVR edition: Koivisto, Patala. Vaara, V. B. 55. 11.
SKVR textEnglish
1Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu,Sleep, sleep, meadow-bird,
2väsy, väsy, väistäräkki,Rest, rest, little wagtail,
3nuku nurmelle hyvälle,Sleep onto the good meadow,
4vaivu maalle valkialle,Sink down to the white earth,
5tie se pellolle pesäsi,Build your nest on the field,
6tua taakse tunkiolle!Come behind the dung heap!
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-076840 · Read at SKS ↗
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