Hiiri meni mettään
In the SKVR edition: Vihti, Kauniainen. Halén, V. 218. 36.
SKVR textEnglish
1Hiiri meni mettään,The mouse went into the forest,
2Kissa tuli vastaan.The cat came to meet it.
3Sanoi: Mihen menet?Said: Where are you going?
4Menen mettään.I go into the forest.
5Entäs, jos puu päälläs kaatuu?What if a tree falls on you?
6Juoksen puun juuren alle.I'll run under the tree's root.
7Entäs jos, mahas rupee turpomaan?What if your stomach swells?
8Voitelen voilla.I'll anoint it with butter.
9Mistäs voita saat?Where do you get the butter?
10Vanhan muijan pytyst.From the old hag's churn.
11Mistäs vanha muija saa?Where does the old hag get it?
12Nuoren lehmän tissist.From a young cow's teat.
13Mistä nuori lehmä saa?Where does the young cow get it?
14Viherjäisest mettäst.From the verdant meadow.
15Missä se viherjäinen mettä on?Where is that verdant meadow?
16Vikahre sen niitti.The last hay cut it down.
17Missä se vikahre on?Where is that last hay?
18Klappa sen söi.The nag ate it.
19Missä se klappa on?Where is that nag?
20Tuli sen poltti.Fire burned it.
21Missä se tuli on?Where is that fire?
22Vesi sen sammutti.Water quenched it.
23Missä se vesi on?Where is that water?
24Karhu sen joi.A bear drank it.
25Missä se karhu on?Where is that bear?
26Yli yhreksän meren,Beyond nine seas,
27Kilpi meri kymmenes.The tenth a shield-sea.
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-086520 · Read at SKS ↗
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