Mansikka mäellä huusi

SKVR V1 573·Lempaala·1854·Collector: Ahlqvist, A. E.

In the SKVR edition: Lempaala. Ahlqvist 563. 54.

SKVR textEnglish

1Mansikka mäellä huusi,The strawberry on the hill shouted,

2Puola kaljui kankahalla:The lingonberry cried on the heath:

3"Tule neito ottamahan,"Come, maiden, to gather us,

4Punaposki poimemahan,Red-cheeked one, to pluck us,

5Ennenkuin etana syöpi,Before the snail devours [us],

6Mato musta maistelevi,The dark worm samples [us],

7Kultareunalla kupilla,With a golden-rimmed cup,

8Vaskireunalla vailla."With a copper-rimmed [vessel], wanting."

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.
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.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.