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Runo XXXII]

‘Where has gone the yield of cattle,

Whither has the milk now vanished?

Has it been conveyed to strangers,

Carried to the village storehouse,

In the laps of beggar-wenches,

In the arms of those who envy,

Or among the trees been carried,

And been lost amid the forest,

And been scattered in the woodlands,

Or been lost upon the heathlands?

“‘But no milk shall go to Mana,

Nor the yield of cows to strangers,

In the laps of beggar-wenches,

In the arms of those who envy,

Nor among the trees be carried,

Nor be lost amid the forest,

Nor be scattered in the woodlands

Nor be lost upon the heathlands.

In the house the milk is useful,

And at all times it is needed;

In the house there waits the mistress,

In her hand the wooden milk-pail.’

“Suvetar, the best of women,

Etelätär, Nature’s old one,

Go and fodder my Syötikki,

Give thou drink to my Juotikki,

Milk confer upon Hermikki,

And fresh fodder give Tuorikki,

Give thou milk unto Mairikki,

Put fresh milk into the cowhouse,

From the heads of brightest herbage,

And the reeds of all the forest,

From the lovely earth up-springing,

From the hillocks rich in honey,

From the sweetest meadow-grasses,

And the berry-bearing regions,

From the goddess of the heather,

And the nymph who tends the grasses,

And the milkmaid of the cloudlets,

And the maid in midst of heaven.