Min man Mikkeli kuoli
In the SKVR edition: Kymi. Husu, A. 121. 16. Kuutsalo. Loviisa Seppälä, 58 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Min man Mikkeli kuoli,I went, Mikkeli died, / I went (as) Mikkeli died,
2Harakka se hauran kaivo,The magpie dug the alder well, / The magpie, the brittle well,
3Varispa se virren laulo,The crow indeed sang the hymn, / The crow sang the river's song,
4Lintu luskat lennätti,The bird sent the wings flying, / The bird tossed the rags,
5Kana kassin lämmitti.The hen warmed the sack, / The hen heated the bag,
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-086320 · Read at SKS ↗
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