Tule, nukku, naapurista
In the SKVR edition: Sakkola. Reinholm N V 15. 48.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tule, nukku, naapurista,Come, little sleeper, from the neighbor's place,
2Torkku toisesta talosta,Dozy one, from the other house,
3Sio lapse silmät kiini,Bind the child's eyes shut,
4Kuro lapsen kulmat kii,Draw the child's eyelids closed,
5Sio silkkinauhallais,Bind [them] with a silk ribbon,
6Kuro kultalangallais!Draw [them] with a golden thread!
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-076941 · Read at SKS ↗
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