Huis sika metsään
In the SKVR edition: Uskela. Kallio E. I. 142. 09.
SKVR textEnglish
1Huis sika metsäänDrive the pig into the forest
2Tuomaan lapsille marjoja.To bring berries for the children.
3Punaisessa pussisessaIn a red little bag
4karvaisessa kassisessaIn a hairy little sack
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6Sian sapara pussin nuoras.The pig's strap [is] the bag's string.
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-042519 · Read at SKS ↗
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