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Travelled homeward to his country,

O’er the blue sea’s watery surface.

Thus he voyaged one day, a second,

And at length upon the third day,

Reached the smith his home in safety,

In the land where he was nurtured.

Asked the aged Väinämöinen,

When he saw smith Ilmarinen,

“Ilmarinen, smith and brother,

Thou the great primeval craftsman,

Hast thou forged a new-made Sampo,

With its many-coloured cover?”

Then replied smith Ilmarinen,

Ready with a fitting answer,

“Grinds forth meal, the new-made Sampo,

And revolves the pictured cover,

Chestfuls does it grind till evening,

First for food it grinds a chestful,

And another grinds for barter,

And a third it grinds for storage.”

’tis time to speak of Ahti,

Of that lively youth to gossip.

Ahti, dweller in the island,

He the scapegrace son of Lempi,