Heija, houva, Hermikkiä
In the SKVR edition: Savitaipale, Lemi. Jäkälä, J. n. 20. -1891.
SKVR textEnglish
1Heija, houva, Hermikkiä,Hush, ho, little Hermikki,
2Kaiken kylän kaunikkia!Beauty of the entire village!
3Linnan likka, kirkon kukka,Castle’s lass, church’s flower,
4Eipä tiedä mammarukka,Poor mother doesn’t know,
5Missä lapset laulelevat.Where the children are singing.
6Kirkon määllä, kiven päällä.On the church hill, on the stone.
7Sukkain putois, kenkäin katois,May your socks drop, shoes disappear,
8Mäne, mamma, etsimään!Go, mother, search for them!
9Mamma etsi eikä löytänt.Mother searched but found nothing.
10Käski rengin etsimään.She ordered the farmhand to search.
11Renki etsi kirvesvarttaThe farmhand searched for an axe handle
12Ja kaikkia muita tarvispuita.And all other needed tools.
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-023497 · Read at SKS ↗
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