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Reins from evil days he fashioned,

Saddles from his secret sorrows,

Then his horse’s back he mounted,

On his white-front courser mounted,

And he rode upon his journey,

At his side his faithful Tiera,

And along the shores he journeyed,

On the sandy shores proceeded,

Till he reached his tender mother,

Reached the very aged woman.

Now will I abandon Kauko,

Long from out my song will leave him;

But he showed the way to Tiera,

Sent him on his homeward journey.

Now my song aside will wander,

While I turn to other matters.

a mother reared her chickens,

Large the flock of swans she nurtured;

By the hedge she placed the chickens,

Sent the swans into the river,

And an eagle came and scared them,

And a hawk that came dispersed them,

And a flying bird dispersed them.

One he carried to Carelia,

Into Russia bore the second,

In its home he left the third one.