Mantsikka määjel huutaa
In the SKVR edition: Koivisto. Ss. Hoikkala 24. 32.
SKVR textEnglish
1Mantsikka määjel huutaa,The strawberry on the hill shouts,
2puola karjuu kankahal:the lingonberry roars on the heath:
3"Tule, neito, noppimaa,"Come, maiden, to pluck,
4punaposki poimimaa,red-cheeked one to gather,
5enneko etana syöp,before the snail devours,
6musta mato muikkajaa!"the black worm nibbles away!"
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-072274 · Read at SKS ↗
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