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Set his slaves to work the bellows,

And his labourers pressed the bellows.

Toiled the slaves and worked the bellows,

And the labourers pressed the bellows,

With their ungloved hands they pressed them

Worked them with their naked shoulders,

While himself, smith Ilmarinen,

Carefully the fire was tending,

As he strove a bride to fashion

Out of gold and out of silver.

Badly worked the slaves the bellows,

And the labourers did not press them,

And on this smith Ilmarinen

Went himself to work the bellows.

Once and twice he worked the bellows,

For the third time worked the bellows,

Then looked down into the furnace,

Looking closely to the bellows,

What rose up from out the furnace,

What from out the flames ascended.

Then a foal rose from the furnace,

And it rose from out the bellows,

Mane of gold, and head of silver,

And his hoofs were all of copper;

But though others it delighted,

Ilmarinen felt no pleasure.

Said the smith, said Ilmarinen,

“Such as you a wolf may wish for,

But I want a golden consort,

One of silver half constructed.”

Thereupon smith Ilmarinen

Thrust the foal into the furnace,

Gold unto the mass he added,

And he added silver to it,

Set his slaves to work the bellows,

And his labourers pressed the bellows.

Toiled the slaves and worked the bellows,

And the labourers pressed the bellows,

With their ungloved hands they pressed them,

Worked them with their naked shoulders,