Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu
In the SKVR edition: Porvoon tienoo. Velho, O. 3. 15.
SKVR textEnglish
1Nuku, nuku, nurmilintu,Sleep, sleep, meadow bird,
2Väsy, väsy, västäräkki,Rest, rest, white wagtail,
3Tee pellolle pesäsi,Build your nest on the field,
4Kalliolle kartanosi!Your mansion on the rock!
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.
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-085693 · Read at SKS ↗
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