Mantsikka meäellä huusi

SKVR XIII1 746·Sakkola·1888·Collector: Borenius, A. A.

In the SKVR edition: Sakkola, Noisniemi. Borenius 295. 26/2 88. Yrjö Antinp. Kotti.

SKVR textEnglish

1Mantsikka meäellä huusi,The berry-bush on the hill shouted,

2Muura suolla surkutteli,Muura on the swamp lamented,

3Puola kalju kankahoalla:Bald Puola on the heath:

4"Tule, neito, ottamoane,"Come, maiden, to take [the berries],

5Punaposki poimimoane,Red-cheeked one, to pick [them],

6Enne kuin etanat syövät.Before the snails devour [them].

7Maot mustat muikkajoate!Black snakes will nibble [them] away!

8Mie uom maistoa makia,I taste the sweet riverbed,

9Mie uon paistunut paraiksi,I’ve roasted [it] to perfection,

10Punaseks on päivä tehty,The day is turned red,

11Soap vaikk herran herkku-ruuvan."I’ll get even the lord’s prized dish."

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.

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