Tule, uni-ukko, lapsen luo
In the SKVR edition: Kurkijoki, Riehkala. Sirén 34. 16. Okulina Timoska, 81 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tule, uni-ukko, lapsen luo,Come, Sleep-Old-Man, to the child's side,
2tule, uni, uunin päältä,come, Sleep, from atop the stove,
3sido lapselta silmät kiini,bind the child's eyes shut,
4sido silkkinauhallasi!bind them with your silk ribbon!
5Uni ulkoonta kysyy,Sleep asks from outside,
6unen poika porstuusta:Sleep's son from the porch:
7"Onko lapsi laivasessa"Is the child in the ship-cradle,
8pieni peitteen sisässä?"the little one under the cover?"
9"On lapsi laivasessa,"The child is in the ship-cradle,
10pieni on peitteen sisässä."the little one is under the cover."
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.
- The editors’ notes, and the marks in the verses that point to them, are left out; they can be read at SKS.
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-077066 · Read at SKS ↗
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