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Runo X]

Then the smith, e’en Ilmarinen,

Answered in the words which follow:

“I have met upon my journey

With the smith named Ilmarinen;

I myself am Ilmarinen,

And a most accomplished craftsman.”

Louhi, Pohjola’s old Mistress,

Old and gap-toothed dame of Pohja,

Hurried back into her dwelling,

And she spoke the words which follow:

“Come my daughter, thou the youngest,

Thou the fairest of my children,

Robe thyself in choicest raiment,

Clothe thee in the brightest-coloured,

In the finest of your dresses,

Brightest beads upon thy bosom,

Round thy neck the very finest,

And upon thy temples shining.

See thou that thy cheeks are rosy,

And thy countenance is cheerful.

Here’s the smith named Ilmarinen,

He the great primeval craftsman,

Who will forge the Sampo for us,

With its brightly-pictured cover.”

Then the lovely maid of Pohja,

Famed on land, on water peerless,

Took the choicest of her dresses,

And the brightest of her garments,

And the fifth at last selected.

Then her headdress she adjusted,

And her copper belt girt round her,

And her wondrous golden girdle.

Back she came from out the storeroom,

Dancing back into the courtyard,

And her eyes were brightly shining.

As she moved, her earrings jingled,

And her countenance was charming,

And her lovely cheeks were rosy.

Gold was shining on her bosom,

On her head was silver gleaming.