Nuku, nuku, nupparainen
In the SKVR edition: Karjalohja. Renlund, T. 180. 32. Nummijärvi. Maria Honkasalo, 52 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Nuku, nuku, nupparainen,Sleep, sleep, little bud,
2Pane maata, mansikkainen!Lie down, strawberry-sweet,
3Lintu tuo sull' liinapaidan,The bird brings you a linen shirt,
4Pääskynen päänalusen,The swallow brings a headrest,
5Korppilintu korvatyynyn,The raven brings an ear-pillow,
6Leppälintu liinahameen.The redstart brings a linen skirt.
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-085637 · Read at SKS ↗
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