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Finnish, German
Original lyrics
Alfar
Tuuti lasta, tuuti pientä
Tuuti lasta nukkumahan!
Laulan lasta nukkumahan
Uuvutan unen rekehen
Einst saß ich auf dem Elfenberg
Und sank in tiefen Traum
Zwei Frauen traten da zu mir
Durch Farn und Waldessaum
Verweile doch du Wandersmann
Mit uns im Elfenreich?
Wir woll'n dich rote Runen lehr'n
Und schwarze Kunst sogleich
Wir woll'n dich fremde Worte lehr'n
So alt, dass Bären flieh'n
Der Drachenhort in Schlaf versinkt
Voll Gold und Turmalin
Sie sangen und bald schrien sie
In wilder Hexenwut
Ein Sturm zog auf und zu dem Berg
Jagt die Teufelsbrut
Wir stechen dich mit Dolch und Dorn
Wenn du vom Berg fliehst
Und Flüche werden folgen dir
Pech und Höllenbiest
Und da mein gutes, gutes Glück!
Begann der Hahn zu kräh'n
Ich hätte sonst am Elfenberg
Den Tag nie mehr geseh'n
So soll dies Lied euch Warnung sein
Für Wand'rer, Kind und Graf
Reit keiner auf den Elfenberg
Und falle dort in Schlaf
Submitted by
Sinisiipi on 2025-09-05

English
Translation
Alfar
Hush, child, hush, little one
Fall, child, asleep!
I sing the child to sleep
I lull them to the sleigh of dream
Once I sat on the elf mountain
And sank into a deep dream
Two women stepped up to me there
Through fern and woodland edge
Do stay, you wanderer
With us in the elven realm?
We want to teach you red runes
And black tricks right away
We want to teach you foreign words
So old that bears flee
The dragon hoard sinks into sleep
Full of gold and tourmaline
They sang and soon they screamed
In a wild hex rage
A storm arose and to the mountain
Sped the devil's brood
We will stab you with dagger and thorn
If you flee from the mountain
And curses will follow you
Misfortune and hell's beast
And then my good, good luck!
The rooster began to crow
Otherwise I would never have seen
The day on the elf mountain again
So let this song be a warning to you
For wanderers, child and count
Do not ride up the elf hill
And fall asleep there
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Submitted by
Sinisiipi on 2025-09-10

Author's comments:
Álfar means elves in old norse.
This is my first time translating from German to English, so any feedback to improve the translation is welcome.
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Source for Finnish lyrics: Kanteletar, Second book, No. 174
Source for German lyrics: AZLyrics