Heru, heru, Hermikkise
In the SKVR edition: Oulanka. Väisänen, säv. kok. n. 368. 15. St'epanie Nikitina; synt. Oulangassa.
SKVR textEnglish
Lypsylaulu.
1Heru, heru, Hermikkise,Heru, heru, little Hermikki,
2Anna maituo, Mairikkise,Give milk, little Mairikki,
3Mairehesta mättähästä,From the lush mound,
4Tuorehesta turpehesta,From the fresh peat,
5Heriäisen heinän piästä,From the aftermath hay's tip,
6Kultasen kulon nenästä!From the golden burned clearing's snout!
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-001990 · Read at SKS ↗
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