Hiukka hiiren hampa'ihin

SKVR XII2 7570·Kittilä·1886·Collector: Andersson, G. A.

In the SKVR edition: Kittilä. Andersson, G. A. 17. -86. Kaukonen. Mikko Kulppi, talon vaari, 83 v.

SKVR textEnglish

Hiirien manaus.

Ett'eivät hiiret söisi heiniä suovissa tai muuta riistaa aitoissa, manattiin seuraavin sanoin:

1Hiukka hiiren hampa'ihin,A speck into the mouse's teeth,

2Karski kavian kitahan!Harsh one into the slender jaw's maw!

3Jos sä kortto kovertelet,If you, stubble, keep hollowing,

4Jarnuttelet heinän juurta,Gnawing at the hay's roots,

5Suoviani, saamiani,My marshes, my gains,

6Elojani, aittojani;My crops, my granaries;

7Jos kuljet kaluamassa,If you creep in stealth,

8Pitkahäntä pillomassa,Long-tail slinking about,

9Niin mä sun suven kitahan,Then I'll thrust you into summer's maw,

10Lemmon leukojen välihinBetween love's fiery jaws,

11Laitan kä'skyillä kovilla,With stern commands I'll place you,

12Lausehilla luonnuttelen.With binding words I'll tame you.

13Lähde, herja, heinistäni,Begone, blight, from my hay,

14Hinkaloistani hupene,Vanish from my clutches,

15Katoa, katala, täältäPerish, wretch, from here,

16Pahan vallan valkiahan!To evil's blazing dominion!

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.
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.

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