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Sooner would I give my daughter,

And would give my tender daughter,

To the fiercely-foaming cataract,

To the ever-seething whirlpool,

As a prey to worms of Mana,

To the teeth of pike of Tuoni.”

Thereupon smith Ilmarinen,

Mouth and head both turning sideways,

With his black hair in disorder,

As his head he shook in anger,

Pushed his way into the chamber,

And beneath the roof he entered,

And he spoke the words which follow:

“Come thou now with me, O maiden,

In the station of thy sister,

And to occupy her dwelling,

Cakes of honey there to bake me,

And the best of ale to brew me.”

From the floor there sang a baby,

Thus he sang, and thus made answer:

“Quit our castle, guest unwelcome,

From our doors, O stranger, hasten!

Thou before hast harmed our castle,

Evil much hast wrought our castle,

When the first time here thou earnest,

And within our doors hast entered.

“Maiden, O my dearest sister,

O rejoice not in this lover,

Neither in his mouth so subtle,

Neither in his feet well-shapen,

For his gums are like a wolf’s gums,

Curved his claws like those of foxes,

And the claws of bears conceals he,

And his belt-knife blood is drinking,

’Tis with this that heads he severs,

And with this the backs lays open.”

Then the maiden’s self made answer,

Thus she spoke to Ilmarinen:

“I myself will not go with you,

Trouble not for such a scoundrel,