Mantsikka meäältä huusi

SKVR XIII1 745·Rautu·1890·Collector: Neovius, A. D.

In the SKVR edition: Rautu. Neovius 828. 3/7 90. Katri Pekkanen. Synt. v. 1815.

SKVR textEnglish

1Mantsikka meäältä huusi,The cloudberry shouted from the forest edge,

2puola kalju kankahalta,The bald wild strawberry from the heath,

3lillukka leholla laulo,The lily sang on the meadow,

4muuran korvessa muraji:The ant muttered in the backwoods:

5"Tule, neito, noppimaane,"Come, maiden, to pick,

6punaposki poimimaane,Red-cheeked one to gather,

7ennen kun etana syöpi,Before the snail eats,

8mato musta maisteloo!"The black worm gets a taste!"

9Mari marja(st) tulloo,Mari comes from the berry,

10Liisa lippo lillukasta.Liisa slipped from the lily.

11"Anna Mari marjojais,"Mari, give [us] the berries,

12Liisa lillukkaisiais!"Liisa, [give] the lilies!"

13Eihä Marilt marjat joua.Mari's berries can't be got.

14Mari syöp marjat itse.Mari eats the berries herself.

15Liisa liuhtoo lillukkaase.Liisa rushes into the lily.

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 editors’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.
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.

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