Short the time that then passed over,
When they heard a mighty roaring,
At the red boat's side they heard it,
And the foam flew wildly upwards,
Near the boat of Vaeinaemoeinen.

Thereupon smith Ilmarinen,
Felt the very greatest terror. 400
From his cheeks the blood departed,
From his cheeks the ruddy colour;
O'er his head he drew his felt-cap,
And above his ears he drew it,
And his cheeks with care he covered,
And his eyes he covered better.

Then the aged Vaeinaemoeinen
Looked into the water round him,
Cast his gaze beside the vessel,
And he saw a little wonder. 410
Iku-Turso, son of Aeijoe,
By the red boat's side was lifting
High his head from out the water,
Raising it from out the billows.

Vaeinaemoeinen, old and steadfast,
Grasped his ears upon the instant,
By his ears he dragged him upward,
And he sang aloud, and questioned,
And he said the words which follow:
"Iku-Turso, son of Aeijoe, 420
Wherefore from the lake uplift thee,
Wherefore rise above the lake-waves,
Thus thyself to men revealing,
Even Kaleva's own children?"

Iku-Turso, son of Aeijoe,
Was not pleased with this reception,
But he was not very frightened,
And no answer he returned him.

Vaeinaemoeinen, old and steadfast,
Asked again an explanation, 430
And a third time asked him loudly,
"Iku-Turso, son of Aeijoe,
Wherefore from the lake uplift thee,
Wherefore rise above the billows?"

Iku-Turso, son of Aeijoe,
When for the third time he asked him,
Answered in the words which follow:
"Therefore from the lake I raise me,
Therefore rise above the billows,
For that in my mind I purpose 440
Kaleva's great race to ruin,
Bear to Pohjola the Sampo.
In the waves if you will send me,
And my wretched life concede me,
Not another time ascending,
In the sight of men I'll venture."

Then the aged Vaeinaemoeinen
Cast the wretch into the billows,
And he said the words which follow:
"Iku-Turso, son of Aeijoe, 450
Nevermore from lake arising,
Or ascending from the lake-waves,
Venture forth where men can see thee,
From this very day henceforward."

Therefore from that day thenceforward,