Hiiri meni metsään
In the SKVR edition: Uskela. Kallio E. I. 146. 09.
SKVR textEnglish
1Hiiri meni metsäänA mouse went to the forest
2Pikku kelkka hännäsA little sled in its tail
3Kissa istus kanno nokasThe cat sat on the stump, snout [out]
4Kysyi, minne sä menetAsked: "Where are you going?"
5Menen puita poimimaan."I go to pick trees"
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-044280 · Read at SKS ↗
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