Huis sika mettään
In the SKVR edition: Yläne. Vihervaara E. 235. 09. Maria Fagerroos. M. p. Pöytyällä.
SKVR textEnglish
Kehtolaulu.
1"Huis sika mettäänThe goblin-pig into its forest,
2lapsel marjoi tuamaanfor the child to bring berries,
3sinisesä sissisä,in the blue interior,
4punaisesa pussisa,in the red bag,
5kaukalolla hännän alla."with a trough under [its] tail.
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-042584 · Read at SKS ↗
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