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Runo IV]

“Wherefore weepest thou, poor sister,

Young, and yet so full of sorrow?”

“Cause enough have I for weeping,

Cause for weeping and lamenting.

Therefore do I weep, poor sister,

Weep and feel so full of sorrow.

From my brow the gold has fallen,

From my hair I lost the silver,

Tore the blue bands from my temples,

From my head the scarlet braiding.”

On the threshold of the storehouse,

Skimming milk, she found her mother.

“Wherefore weepest thou, my daughter,

Young, and yet so full of sorrow?”

“O my mother, who hast borne me,

O my mother, who hast nursed me,

Cause enough have I for anguish,

Cause enough for bitter sorrow.

Therefore do I weep, poor mother,

Therefore grieve I, O my mother,

To the wood I went for besoms,

Gathered bath-whisks from the bushes;

One I gathered for my father,

One I gathered for my mother,

And I gathered yet another,

For my young and ruddy brother.

As I turned my footsteps homeward,

And across the heath was tripping,

From the dell there called Osmoinen,

From the field cried Kalevainen,

“Do not wear, fair maid, for others,

But for me alone, poor maiden,

Round thy neck a beaded necklace,

And a cross upon thy bosom.

Plait for me thy beauteous tresses,

Braid thy hair with silken ribands.”

“From my breast I took the crosslet,

From my neck the beaded necklace,

Tore the blue bands from my temples,

From my head the scarlet ribands,