Hiiri mettään menee
In the SKVR edition: Hattula. Salo Aukusti. 196. 13. Kustaa Rajala, 77 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Hiiri mettään menee,The mouse goes into the forest,
2Pikku kelkkanen perässä,A little sleigh behind,
3Pikku kirves kelkkasessa.A little axe in the sleigh.
4Katti kannolla kyselee:The cat on the stove bench asks:
5Minkäs menet hiiryläinen?Why do you go, little mouse?
6Menen mettään puitani pinoon,I go to stack my woods,
7Halkojani hakkaan.I chop my logs.
8Entä jos nälkä tulee?What if hunger comes?
9Kyllän kalvan katajan juurta,I'll carve from the juniper's root,
10Entä jos vattas paisuu?What if your belly swells?
11Kyllän tärpin neulasilla.I'll prick it with needles.
12Entä jos verta tulee?What if blood comes?
13Kyllä mä voitelen voikkosella.I'll treat it with a poultice.
14Mistäs sitä voikkosta saat?Where do you get that poultice?
15Vanhan ämmän vakkasesta.From the old crone's grain bin.
16Mistäs vanha ämmä sai?Where did the old crone get it?
17Nuaren lehmän nunnusesta.From the young cow's udder.
18Mistäs nuari lehmä sai?Where did the young cow get it?
19Vihannasta mättähästä.From the green mound.
20Mistäs vihanta mätäs sai?Where did the green mound get it?
21Jessukselta runsahalta.From bountiful Jesus.
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-046808 · Read at SKS ↗
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