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Runo XXIV]

“Then my father’s splendid stallion,

Which I fed when I was little,

Which as girl I often foddered,

He will neigh to greet my coming,

From the dunghill of the farmyard,

Or the wintry fields around it;

He will know me, when returning,

As the daughter of the household.

“Then the dog, my brother’s favourite

Which as child I fed so often,

Which I trained when in my girlhood,

He will bark to greet my coming,

From the dunghill of the farmyard,

Or the wintry fields around it;

He will know me, when returning,

As the daughter of the household.

“But the others will not know me,

To my former home returning,

Though my boats are still the old ones,

As when here I lived aforetime,

By the shores where swim the powans,

And the nets are spread as usual.

“Now farewell, thou room beloved,

Thou my room, with roof of boarding;

Good it were for me returning,

That I once again should scrub thee.

“Now farewell, thou hall beloved,

Thou my hall, with floor of boarding;

Good it were for me returning,

That I once again should scrub thee.

“Now farewell, thou yard beloved,

With my lovely mountain-ashtree;

Good it were for me returning,

Once again to wander round thee.

“Now farewell to all things round me,

Berry-bearing fields and forests,

And the flower-bearing roadsides,

And the heaths o’ergrown with heather,

And the lakes with hundred islands,

And the depths where swim the powans,