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did Ahti Lemminkainen,

He the handsome Kaukolainen

Live awhile a life of quiet

With the young bride he had chosen,

And he went not forth to battle,

Nor went Kylli to the village.

But at length one day it happened

In the early morning hours,

Forth went Ahti Lemminkainen

To the place where spawn the fishes,

And he came not home at evening,

And at nightfall he returned not.

Kyllikki then sought the village,

There to dance with sportive maidens.

Who shall now the tidings carry,

Who will now convey a message?

Ainikki ’twas, Ahti’s sister,

She it was who brought the tidings,

She it was conveyed the message.

“Ahti, O my dearest brother,

Kyllikki has sought the village,

Entered there the doors of strangers,

Where the village girls are sporting,

Dancing with unbraided tresses.”

Ahti then, for ever boyish,

He the lively Lemminkainen,