Nuku nuku, nurmi lintu
In the SKVR edition: Anjala. Alamäntylä, M. 3. 89. Ummeljoki.
SKVR textEnglish
1Nuku nuku, nurmi lintu,Sleep, sleep, meadow bird,
2Väsy, vähä västäräkki!Rest, little wagtail!
3Tie pellolle pesäjäs,Make your nest to the field,
4Koivun oksalle kotojas,To the birch branch your home,
5Hankelle havu majasi,To the snowdrift a pine-branch hut,
6Kaski maalle kartanosi.To the burnt clearing your manor,
7Kyllä varis vaipan tuop,The crow will bring a blanket,
8Musta lintu liina pailan,The black bird a linen sheet,
9Harakka punasen hamehen,The magpie a red skirt,
10Koski lintu korva tyynyn.The dipper the pillow's edge,
11Pääskyinen pään alosen.The swallow the head's pillow.
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-085662 · Read at SKS ↗
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