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Kullervo, Kalervo’s offspring,

Just as he his home was leaving,

Spoke these words unto his father:

“Now farewell, O noble father!

Shall you perhaps be weeping sorely,

If you hear that I have perished,

And have vanished from the people,

And have perished in the battle?”

Then his father gave him answer:

“Not for thee shall I be weeping,

If I hear that you have perished,

For another son I’ll rear me,

And a better son will rear me,

And a son by far more clever.”

Kullervo, Kalervo’s offspring,

Answered in the words which follow:

“Nor for you shall I be weeping,

If I hear that you have perished.

I will make me such a father,

Mouth of clay, and head of stonework,

Eyes of cranberries from the marshes,

And a beard of withered stubble,

Legs of willow-twigs will make him,

Flesh of rotten trees will make him.”

Then he spoke unto his brother:

“Now farewell, my dearest brother.

Shall you weep for my destruction,

If you hear that I have perished,

And have vanished from the people,

And have fallen in the battle?”

But his brother gave him answer,

“Not for you shall I be weeping,

If I hear that you have perished.

I will find myself a brother,

Better brother far than thou art,

And a brother twice as handsome.”

Kullervo, Kalervo’s offspring,

Answered in the words which follow:

“Nor for you shall I be weeping,

If I hear that you have perished.