Hiihata hihasta miestä

SKVR XII2 6478·Suomussalmi·1917·Collector: Paulaharju, Samuli

In the SKVR edition: Suomussalmi. Paulaharju 6257. -17. Pesiö. Moilanen, Kylänmäen ukko, 82 v.

SKVR textEnglish

Karhun pesälle lähdettäessä.

1Hiihata hihasta miestä,Glide the man by the sleeve,

2Takin helmasta taluta,Lead him by the coat’s hem,

3Vejä verkakauluksesta,Remove him from the net-collar,

4Lykkyä lylynlävestä,Push him from the sauna’s threshold,

5Saata sauvan suoverosta,Escort him from the staff’s bast-binding,

6Saata sille saarekkeelle,Take him to that little islet,

7Sille kummulle kuleta,Carry him to that hillock,

8Joss' on kuuset kultavöissä,Where spruces wear golden belts,

9Hopiassa honganoksat!And pine branches gleam in silver!

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.

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