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Runo X]

And he cut the cow to fragments,

Cast her back into the furnace,

Made his servants work the bellows,

To the half of all their power.

So again upon the fourth day,

He himself, smith Ilmarinen

Stooped him down, and gazed intently

To the bottom of the furnace,

And a plough rose from the furnace,

With the ploughshare golden-shining,

Golden share, and frame of copper,

And the handles tipped with silver.

And the plough was fair to gaze on,

But of evil disposition,

Ploughing up the village cornfields,

Ploughing up the open meadows.

Therefore did smith Ilmarinen

Take no slightest pleasure in it.

And he broke the plough to pieces,

Cast it back into the furnace,

Call the winds to work the bellows

To the utmost of their power.

Then the winds arose in fury,

Blew the east wind, blew the west wind,

And the south wind yet more strongly,

And the north wind howled and blustered.

Thus they blew one day, a second,

And upon the third day likewise.

Fire was flashing from the windows,

From the door the sparks were flying

And the dust arose to heaven;

With the clouds the smoke was mingled.

Then again smith Ilmarinen,

On the evening of the third day,

Stooped him down, and gazed intently

To the bottom of the furnace,

And he saw the Sampo forming,

With its many-coloured cover.

Thereupon smith Ilmarinen,

He the great primeval craftsman,