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Nuku, nuku, nuppurainen

SKVR XIV 591·Sammatti·1931·Collector: Ruoppila, Veikko

In the SKVR edition: Sammatti. Ruoppila, V. 14. 31. Kustaa Saarinen.

Song types: Lintu tuopi liinapaidan, Nuku nuku nukkeroinen

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SKVR textEnglish
1Nuku, nuku, nuppurainen,Sleep, sleep, little bud,
2Maka, maka, mansikainen,Lie, lie, little strawberry,
3Pääsky tua sul korvatyynyn,The swallow brings you an ear-pillow,
4Vestrikka koruhameen.The wagtail [brings] a decorated skirt.

English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.

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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-085629 · Read at SKS ↗

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