Anna laulan lapsen virren

SKVR XIII2 5863·Rautu·1854·Collector: Ahlqvist, A. E.

In the SKVR edition: Rautu. Ahlqvist A 380. 54.

SKVR textEnglish

1Anna laulan lapsen virren,Let me sing the child's hymn,

2likka virren liirittelen:I, the maiden, trill the song:

3Lapsi maiotta makasiThe child lay bedless,

4sekä voitta votkotteli.and buttered itself with fat.

5Uni ulkoa kysyvi,Sleep asked from outside,

6unen poika porstuasta:Sleep's son from the porch:

7Onkos teillä pientä lasta,Do you have a small child,

8pientä lasta peittehessä,a small child under covers,

9vakahaista vaattehissa,in steadfast garments,

10minun tupahan tullakseni,*for me to enter the cottage,

11kätkyehen käyäkseni?to approach the cradle?*

12Nukuta Jumala lasta,Lull the child, God,

13sio silkki nauhan kanssa,with a silken ribbon,

14kuro kultalangan kanssa!with a golden thread!

15Uni ulkoa tulevi,Sleep comes from outside,

16unikonttinen selässä,sleep-container on his back,

17unisarvet konttisessa.sleep-horns in the container.

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 editors’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.
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.

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