Hiiri metsähän menevi
In the SKVR edition: Pyhäjärvi. Ahlqvist A 69. 54.
SKVR textEnglish
1Hiiri metsähän meneviThe mouse goes into the forest
2pieni kelkkanen perässä,A little sleigh behind [it]
3pieni kirves kelkkasessa.A small axe in the sleigh.
4Kissa aialta sanovi:The cat says from the yard:
5"Mihin menet, hiiri parka?""Where are you going, poor mouse?"
6Hiiri sanoo sanalla täällä:The mouse says here with words:
7"Lähen puuta puskemahan,"I go to push/cut a tree,
8katajaista kaatamahan."to fell junipers."
9Kissa aialta sanovi:The cat says from the yard:
10"Vaan kuin puu päälleis kaatuu?""But if the tree falls on you?"
11Hiiri sanoo sanalla täällä:The mouse says here with words:
12"Minä juoksen juuren alle.""I'll run under the root."
13Kissa aialta sanovi:The cat says from the yard:
14"Vaan kun nälkä näppäseepi?""But when hunger seizes [you]?"
15Hiiri sanoo sanalla täällä:The mouse says here with words:
16"Mie sitten puren koivun kuorta.""Then I'll bite birch bark."
17Kissa aialta sanovi:The cat says from the yard:
18"vaan kuin kupuis käivettyy?""But if it grows knobby?"
19Hiiri sanoo sanalla täällä:The mouse says here with words:
20"Mie sitten pistän neulasella.""Then I'll prick it with a needle."
21Kissa aialta sanovi:The cat says from the yard:
22"Se kun verta vuotaseepi?""When it bleeds blood?"
23Hiiri sanoo sanalla täällä:The mouse says here with words:
24"Minä voian voin sulalla.""I'll anoint with melted butter."
25Kissa aialta sanovi:The cat says from the yard:
26"Mistäs se hiiri voita saapi?"Where does the mouse get butter?"
27Hiiri sanoo sanalla täällä:The mouse says here with words:
28"Vanhan ämmän vakkasesta,"From the old crone's butter churn,
29nuoren lehmän nännösestä."the young cow's teat."
30Kissa aialta sanovi:The cat says from the yard:
31"Mistä nuori lehmä saapi?""Where does one get a young cow?"
32Hiiri sanoo sanalla täällä:The mouse says here with words:
33"Kullaisen kukan nenästä,"From the golden flower's tip,
34heliäisen heinän päästä,the shimmering grass's end,
35kaunihin kanervan päästä."the lovely heather's end."
36Hiiri söi emännän peiton,The mouse ate the mistress's blanket
37Emäntä söi isännän peiton,The mistress ate the master's blanket,
38Talonpoika piian peiton.The farmer ate the maid's blanket.
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.
- 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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-078029 · Read at SKS ↗
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