Huis sika mettään
In the SKVR edition: Hauho. Leander. 48. 13. Alvettula. Miina Nurminen, 64 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Huis sika mettään,"Call, pig, into the forest,"
2mene mäen ottaan,"go take the hill,"
3tuo lapselle marjoja,"bring berries for the child,"
4sinisellä säkillä,"with a blue sack,"
5häntäs alla häkkisessä,"under your tail in a wicker basket,"
6vattas' alla vakkasessa,"under your belly in a grain tub,"
7kuanos alla kupposessa."under your snout in a little cup."
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-046965 · Read at SKS ↗
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