Mää sika metsään
In the SKVR edition: Uusikirkko, Jorola. Högström 60. 25. Helena Risku, 62 v. Kuuli äidiltään Hanna Vesteriseltä.
SKVR textEnglish
1Mää sika metsään,I, the pig, go to the forest,
2Tuo lapsille marjoiBring berries to the children,
3Punaisella pussilas,With a red bag,
4Sinisellä säkilläs!With a blue sack!
5Tuo nukku naapureist,Bring sleepers from the neighbors,
6Torkku toiseest talost,Dozers from another house,
7Kää meit lapset kätkyheest,Turn us children from the cradle,
8Makahaisse vaatteheis.Let us lie in our clothes.
9Tuo uni ulkomaalt,Bring sleep from afar,
10Unen poika porstuhaast!Sleep's son from the porch!
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-077513 · Read at SKS ↗
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