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Runo XXVII]

that I have broughtmy Kauko,

Carried Ahto Saarelainen,

Often past Death’s jaw expanded,

Past the very tongue of Kalma,

To the banquet held at Pohja,

And to the concealed carousal,

Now must I relate in detail,

And my tongue relate in fulness,

How the lively Lemminkainen,

He the handsome Kaukomieli,

To the homestead came of Pohja,

Halls of Sariola the misty,

Uninvited to the banquet,

To the drinking-bout unbidden.

Thus the lively Lemminkainen,

Ruddy youth, and arrant scoundrel,

In the room at once came forward,

Walking to the very middle;

’Neath him swayed the floor of linden,

And the room of firwood rattled.

Spoke the lively Lemminkainen,

And he said the words which follow:

“Greetings to ye on my coming,

Greetings also to the greeter!

Hearken, Pohjola’s great Master,

Have you here within this dwelling,

Barley for the horse’s fodder,

Beer to offer to the hero?“