Uni ulkuont kyssyy
In the SKVR edition: [Metsäpirtti, Vaskela]. Koskivaara 106. 13. Heino Tarja, 75 v.
SKVR textEnglish
Lapselle:
1Uni ulkuont kyssyy,Sleep, the wanderer, asks,
2unenpoika porstuvast:Sleep's son from the porch:
3onks' lasta kätkyvess',"Is there a child in the cradle,
4pientä peittehen sisäss'?A little one beneath the cover?"
5Syntyykös tuppua tullaIs [this child] born to arrive
6ilman korven kukkasii,Without the wilderness's flowers,
7metsän mielittä hyvittä?To repay the forest's favors?"
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-077421 · Read at SKS ↗
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