Hiiri metsähän mänee
In the SKVR edition: [Narvusi]. D. E. D. Europæus. Fol. III 3. n.171. 1853.
SKVR textEnglish
1Hiiri metsähän mänee,The mouse goes into the forest,
2Pieni kelkkanen perässä,A small sleigh behind,
3Pieni kirves kelkkasessa.A small axe in the sleigh.
4Mihis mänet hiiri parka?Where are you going, poor mouse?
5Mänen puita rajuumahan.I go to fell trees roughly.
6Noko puu putoo päälle?What if a tree falls on [me]?
7Mie juoksen juuren alleI run under the root.
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9Noko vatsa paisettuu?What if [my] stomach swells?
10Mie voian voitehella. -I can treat with ointment.
11Kusta se nuori lehmä saapi?From where does the young cow get [it]?
12Suokukasta, maakukasta,From a swamp flower, from an earth flower,
13Pellon pientareen kukasta.From the flower of the field's edge.
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 editors’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.
- The edition’s line numbers are replaced by a number on every verse, counted as in the poem reader.
- The editors’ notes, and the marks in the verses that point to them, are left out; they can be read at SKS.
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-007025 · Read at SKS ↗
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