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Then she brought him finest stockings,

Which, as maid, had wove his mother,

And with these his shins he covered,

And his calves were hidden by them.

Then she brought him shoes that fitted,

Best of Saxon boots she brought him,

And with these the stockings covered

Which his mother sewed as maiden;

Then a coat of blue she chose him,

With a liver-coloured lining,

Covering thus the shirt of linen,

Which of finest flax was fashioned,

Then an overcoat of woollen,

Of four kinds of cloth constructed,

O’er the coat of bluish colour,

Of the very latest fashion,

And a new fur, thousand-buttoned,

And a hundred-fold more splendid,

O’er the overcoat of woollen,

And the cloth completely hiding;

Round his waist a belt she fastened,

And the belt was gold-embroidered,

Which his mother wrought as maiden,

Wrought it when a fair-haired maiden,

Brightly-coloured gloves she brought him,

Gold-embroidered, for his fingers,

Which the Lapland children fashioned;

On his handsome hands he drew them,

Then a high-crowned hat she brought him

(On his golden locks she placed it)

Which his father once had purchased,

When as bridegroom he adorned him.

Thus the smith, e’en Ilmarinen,

Clothed himself, and made him ready,

Robed himself, and made him handsome,

And his servant he commanded:

“Yoke me now a rapid courser,

In the sledge adorned so finely,

That I start upon my journey,

And to Pohjola may travel.”