Hyy hyy Hymylään
In the SKVR edition: Hausj. Aaltonen. HO 1 397. 14. Kirkonkylä. Alma Aaltonen, 35 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Hyy hyy Hymylään.Hyy hyy to Hymylä.
2Hymylästä saatiinFrom Hymylä was obtained
3hiiri hevoseks,a mouse as a horse,
4kärme ohjiks,a viper as reins,
5lasiset kengät,glass shoes,
6voinen hattu,a butter-hat,
7paperinen hame.a paper skirt.
8Tuli sare, meni hame rikki,Rain came, the skirt tore,
9voinen hattu suli päiväsessä,the butter-hat melted in the sun,
10lasiset kengät meni kiveen rikki,the glass shoes shattered on a stone,
11käärme kiveen loikersi,the viper coiled onto the stone,
12hiiri maan alle.the mouse went underground.
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-049140 · Read at SKS ↗
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