Mammasii piikajai!
In the SKVR edition: Metsäpirtti, Vaskela. Neovius 424. 8/9 88. Lari Nasto.
SKVR textEnglish
Lapsill luetaa saunass:
1Mammasii piikajai!Oh dear motherly maids!
2kissa unet, koira unet,Cat's slumber, dog's slumber,
3kaikkii kassii unet,all cats' slumber,
4toaaton unet, moaammon unet,fatherless one's sleep, earth-mother's sleep,
5peääll unneis ommais!Seize the sleeps upon yourself!
6Muist unneist, makkaa unneis,Remember the sleeps, lie down in sleep,
7etsi unnees kissoilt, koirilt!Seek sleep from cats, from dogs!
8Sule su'us itkemäst,Close your mouth from crying,
9sule su'us, peitä peää'äis,close your mouth, cover your head,
10ei ole lapsen itkemistä,there's no child's crying,
11vakkoaan valittamista;no cradle's lamenting;
12anna itkii itikan,let the mosquito cry,
13vuorehisen voivotella,let the mountain-being wail,
14meääkkii meääen takasen!take us back to our own!
15Ukot ulvommoaa,Old men are howling,
16vanhat ämmät valvomoaa,old hags are wakeful,
17miu lapsei makkaamoaa!let my children sleep!
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-080665 · Read at SKS ↗
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