Tuo nukku naapuriist
In the SKVR edition: Kanneljärvi, Mustamäki. KRK Kurppa, A. 9. 1927-35. Katri Harju, 80 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tuo nukku naapuriist,Bring the sleeper from the neighbor,
2Torkku toiseest talost,Fetch the dozer from another house,
3Sijo meijä lapse silmät,Set our child’s eyes,
4Kuro meijä lapse korvat,Stretch our child’s ears,
5Kuro kulmat kurttusee,Draw the brows into a wrinkle,
6Sijo silkkirihmallais,Set [them] with silk ribbons,
7Kuro kultalangallais!Stretch [them] with golden threads!
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-076947 · Read at SKS ↗
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