Heijaa lullaa lasta nukkumaan
In the SKVR edition: Vihti. Enäjärvi-Haavio, E. 6. 32. Mimmi Eklund.
SKVR textEnglish
1Heijaa lullaa lasta nukkumaan,Rock, lull the child to sleep,
2Lapsempiika torkkumaan.The child's maid to doze,
3Kukas sitten kiikuttaa?Who then will rock [the child]?
4Kylläpa kissa kiikuttaa.Surely the cat will rock [the child].
5Mikäs kissam palkka on?What is the cat's reward?
6Turun sonni, Hämeen härkä,A Turku bull, a Häme ox,
7Pispam paras lammas.Pispala's finest sheep.
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-085558 · Read at SKS ↗
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