Tuuti lasta nukkumaan
In the SKVR edition: Koivisto, Mannola. Parkki 1. 30.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tuuti lasta nukkumaanRock the child to sleep
2Suuret vuoret kukkumaan,Make the great mountains fall,
3Sieltä alas vieremäänTo roll down from there,
4Silkkiselle sänkyiselle.To the silken little bed.
5Tule, uni, ulkomaalta,Come, sleep, from beyond the border,
6Käy mei lapsen kätkyeseen,Enter our child's cradle,
7Sio lapsen silmät kiinni,Bind the child's eyes shut,
8Sio silkkirihmoillas,Bind with silk threads,
9Kuro kultanauhallas!Extend your golden ribbons!
10Tuuti lasta turvaksein,Rock the child with protective walls,
11Vanhan päivän varaksi.For the keeping of old age.
12Eipä turvaa tullutkaan;But no protection came;
13Turvat männit turpeeseen,The safeguards sank into peat,
14Annoin kirkon aian alle.I placed them under the church fence.
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-077125 · Read at SKS ↗
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