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Runo VI]

, old and steadfast,

Now resolved upon a journey

To the cold and dreary regions

Of the gloomy land of Pohja.

Then he took his straw-hued stallion

Like a pea-stalk in his colour,

And the golden bit adjusted,

Bridle on his head of silver,

On his back himself he seated,

And he started on his journey,

And he trotted gently onward,

At an easy pace he journeyed,

Mounted on the straw-hued courser,

Like a pea-stalk in his colour.

Thus through Väinölä he journeyed,

Over Kalevala’s wide heathlands,

And the horse made rapid progress,

Home behind, and journey shortened,

Then across the sea he journeyed,

O’er the far-extending billows,

With the horse’s hoofs unwetted,

And his feet unsunk in water.

But the youthful Joukahainen,

He, the puny son of Lapland,

Long had cherished his resentment,

And had long indeed been envious

Of the aged Väinämöinen,

Of the ever-famous minstrel.